Family: Rubiaceae
Canthium lineare
Citation:
Pritzel, Reprium nov. Spec. Regni veg. 15:359 (1918).
Synonymy: Plectronia linearis (Pritzel)J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 59:261 (1935).
Common name: None
Description:
Woody shrubs up to 2 m high, with branches usually scabrid at least when young; leaves with petioles up to 2 mm long; blade linear, 15-50 x 2-4 mm, obtuse, gradually constricted into the petiole, with only the central vein visible, with strongly recurved margins; stipules triangular, with toothed margin.
Inflorescence a delicate axillay thyrse usually reduced to a single dichasium with few flowers; calyx lobes glabrous except for the marginal teeth; corolla green, glabrous, 3-4 mm long, green turning black.
Distribution:
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W.Aust.; N.T.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: throughout the year depending on seasonal rains.
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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:
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Author:
Not yet available
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