Family: Myrtaceae
Thryptomene elliottii
Citation:
F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 9:62 (1875).
Synonymy: T. whiteae J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 41:384 (1917).
Common name: None
Description:
Shrub 0.3-1.5 m high; leaves obovate-clavate, thick, 2-3 x c. 1 mm, sessile, obtuse or shortly acute-tipped; peduncles c. 1 mm long.
Flowers solitary or occasionally in pairs; hypanthium smooth or faintly papillose, cylindrical, often compressed-saccate, 3-4 mm long; ribs 10, irregular; sepals and petals orbicular, petaloid, pink, c. 1 mm long; stamens 5, opposite the sepals; gland of the anther connective very prominent; ovules 2; ovary in the upper part of the tube.
Published illustration:
Green (1980) Nuytsia 3:191.
Distribution:
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S.Aust.: NW, NU, GT, EP. W.Aust.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: July — Aug., Oct.
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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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