Actinotus forsythii

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Actinotus forsythii
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
Genus: Actinotus
Species:
A. forsythii
Binomial name
Actinotus forsythii
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Occurrence data from AVH

Actinotus forsythii, the pink flannel flower or ridge flannel flower), [1] is a plant in the family Apiaceae, native to the east coast of Australia, and found in New South Wales and Victoria [2]

Contents

There are no synonyms. [2] [3]

Description

Actinotus forsythii is a wiry herbaceous perennial with stems to 50 cm long, which trail along on the ground. The leaves are 3–7 partite, with the leaf blades from 6.4–18 mm long, by 10 mm wide, on petioles which are 4.5–20 mm long. The umbels are head-like, and from 7.5–20 mm in diameter including the bracts, with the male flowers circling up to 60 female flowers on peduncles which are 3.8–10.3 cm long. The bracts are elliptic and about 7 mm by 1.5–2 mm wide, white to pink and silky hairy above, green and hairless below. The male flowers have small and obtuse sepals and papery petals and are about 0.3 mm long. The female flowers have tiny sepals which form a skirt on the summit of the ovary and have no petals. [1]

It flowers from January to May. [1]

Habitat

It is found in damp areas in eucalypt forests and heaths on shallow soils on sandstone. [1]


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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Actinotus forsythii PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Archived from the original on 22 July 2005. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Actinotus forsythii Çelik | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  3. "Actinotus forsythii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.