Family: Rhamnaceae
Spyridium phlebophyllum
Citation:
F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 3:79 (1862).
Synonymy: Trymalium phlebophyllum F. Muell., J. Trans. Vict. Inst. 1:120 (1855); Cryptandra phlebophylla (F. Muell.)F. Muell., Syst. Census Aust. Pl. 1:61 (1882).
Common name: None
Description:
Low shrub; leaves rigid, obovate or ovate-oblong, 7-15 mm long, glabrous above with dense raised reticulations, white-silky below.
Flowers in heads, sessile in the forks or shortly stalked, each usually with a white-velvety floral leaf; disk deeply divided into 5.
capsule obovoid, c. 3 mm long, crustaceous, white-silky; fruitlets coriaceous with a ventral suture.
| Spyridium phlebophyllum twig, leaf and floral leaf.
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Image source: fig 430a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, EA, EP, NL, SL.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: most of the year.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
No text
Author:
Not yet available
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