Family: Pittosporaceae
Cheiranthera volubilis
Citation:
Benth., Fl. Aust. 1:128 (1863).
Synonymy: Not Applicable Common name: Twining finger-flower.
Description:
Slender twiner, glabrous; leaves linear, scattered, sometimes crowded together at the base of the inflorescence.
5-17 x 0.5-1 mm, nearly terete, concave on the upper surface, glabrous, flowers solitary; pedicels 15-45 mm long, more or less twining; sepals lanceolate, 4.5-5 mm long, glabrous; petals obovate, 12-15 mm long, dark-blue on the inside, pale on the outside; ovary glabrous, c. 4 mm long.
capsule not known.
Published illustration:
Munir & J. Morley (1985) J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 7:209.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: KI.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Oct. — March.
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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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