Family: Pittosporaceae
Cheiranthera alternifolia
Citation:
E. Bennett, Nuytsia 2:197 (1978).
Synonymy: -C. cyanea sensu H. Eichler, Suppl. 165 (1965), non Brongn.; C. linearis sensu J. Black, Fl. S. Aust. 394 (1948), non Cunn. ex Lindley.
Common name: Finger-flower.
Description:
Subshrub to 50 cm tall; leaves alternate, often arising close together, linear, 7-60 x 0.75-1.5 mm, keeled or flat, margins more or less serrate and inrolled, apex acute and more or less uncinate.
Flowers in corymbs of 2-11, occasionally solitary; peduncles 17-55 mm long; pedicels 4-25 mm long; sepals free, lanceolate, 4-8 x 1-2 mm; petals pale- to deep-blue, 12-21 x 5-8 mm; ovary glabrous, 5-6.5 mm long.
Capsule brown, 12-18 mm long; seeds black, shining, smooth, 1.5-2 mm diam.
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Image source: fig 234a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cochrane et al. (1968) Flowers and plants of Victoria, fig. 318.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: FR, EP, NL, MU, YP, SL, KI, SE. Vic. (western section).
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.
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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:
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