Spyridium spadiceum | |
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In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Genus: | Spyridium |
Species: | S. spadiceum
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Binomial name | |
Spyridium spadiceum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Spyridium spadiceum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or semi-prostrate shrub with narrowly oblong to oval leaves and heads of hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base.
Spyridium spadiceum is an erect slender, or weak semi-prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.15–3 m (5.9 in – 9 ft 10.1 in), its branches covered with soft, sometimes rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are narrowly oblong to oval, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, softly-hairy on the upper surface and white on the lower side, the veins sometimes covered with rust-coloured hairs. The flowers heads are arranged in cymes with many broad, brown bracts at the base. The sepal tube is about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and densely hairy. [2] [3]
This species was first formally described in 1837 by Eduard Fenzl who gave it the name Trymalium spadiceum in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel. [4] [5] In 1863, George Bentham changed the name to Spyridium spadiceum in Flora Australiensis. [6] The specific epithet (spadiceum) means "brown" or "date-coloured", referring to the floral bracts. [7]
Spyridium spadiceum grows on granitic hills in the Porongurup Range and at Albany in the Jarrah Forest bioregion in the south of Western Australia. [3] [8]
Spyridium spadiceum is listed as " Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [3] meaning that it is rare or near threatened. [9]
Spyridium spadiceum | |
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In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Rosales |
Family: | Rhamnaceae |
Genus: | Spyridium |
Species: | S. spadiceum
|
Binomial name | |
Spyridium spadiceum | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Spyridium spadiceum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or semi-prostrate shrub with narrowly oblong to oval leaves and heads of hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base.
Spyridium spadiceum is an erect slender, or weak semi-prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.15–3 m (5.9 in – 9 ft 10.1 in), its branches covered with soft, sometimes rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are narrowly oblong to oval, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long, softly-hairy on the upper surface and white on the lower side, the veins sometimes covered with rust-coloured hairs. The flowers heads are arranged in cymes with many broad, brown bracts at the base. The sepal tube is about 2 mm (0.079 in) long and densely hairy. [2] [3]
This species was first formally described in 1837 by Eduard Fenzl who gave it the name Trymalium spadiceum in Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus Liber Baro de Hügel. [4] [5] In 1863, George Bentham changed the name to Spyridium spadiceum in Flora Australiensis. [6] The specific epithet (spadiceum) means "brown" or "date-coloured", referring to the floral bracts. [7]
Spyridium spadiceum grows on granitic hills in the Porongurup Range and at Albany in the Jarrah Forest bioregion in the south of Western Australia. [3] [8]
Spyridium spadiceum is listed as " Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [3] meaning that it is rare or near threatened. [9]