Agonis theiformis | |
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In Kings Park | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Agonis |
Species: | A. theiformis |
Binomial name | |
Agonis theiformis | |
Agonis theiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped, sometimes broadly egg-shaped leaves, and clusters of white flowers with mostly 15 to 20 stamens opposite the sepals, the fruit a spherical cluster of cup-shaped capsules.
Agonis theiformis is an often spindly shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in), its branchlets sometimes zig-zagged and hairy at first, later glabrous. Its leaves are sessile, elliptic to egg-shaped or broadly so, wavy and twisted, 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long, 4–10 mm (0.16–0.39 in) wide, with a short point on the tip. The upper surface of the leaves is more or less glabrous and the lower surface has a prominent mid-vein and a few soft hairs. The flowers are arranged in clusters 7–11 mm (0.28–0.43 in) in diameter with broadly to very broadly egg-shaped bracts 1.3–2.0 mm (0.051–0.079 in) long and densely hairy, and similar bracteoles. The sepals are egg-shaped, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long, the petals white and 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long. There are 15 to 20 stamens with 3 or 4 opposite each sepal, none opposite the petals, 0.7–1.5 mm (0.028–0.059 in) long. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruits are in clusters 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) wide, the individual capsules cup-shaped to broadly top-shaped, 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) wide. [2] [3]
Agonis theiformis was first formally described by Johannes Conrad Schauer in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae . [4] [5] The specific epithet (theiformis) means ' Thea -shaped'. [6]
This species of Agonis grows in heath, shrubland and forest on a range of soil types from Northcliffe to Cape Riche and inland to the Stirling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of southern Western Australia. [2] [3]
Agonis flexuosa, commonly known as peppermint, is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. The Noongar peoples know the tree as wanil, wonnow, wonong or wannang. It is a tree or shrub with pendulous, very narrowly elliptic, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped leaves, white flowers with 20 to 25 stamens opposite the sepals and broadly top-shaped to broadly cup-shaped capsules.
Verticordia habrantha, commonly known as hidden featherflower, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with short, leafy side-branches and long flowering stems with rounded heads of mostly white flowers. Its hairy sepals are mostly hidden by the round, unfringed petals, and as a result, the plant looks like shrubs in the genus Chamelaucium, to which it is closely related.
Kunzea parvifolia, commonly known as the violet kunzea, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a wiry shrub with small, narrow leaves and clusters of pink to purple flowers in spring.
Agonis grandiflora is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, often straggly shrub with sessile, linear leaves, white flowers often suffused with pink and broadly cup-shaped capsules.
Verticordia endlicheriana var. compacta is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, usually compact shrub with sweetly-perfumed, golden-yellow flowers which fade through reddish to almost black as they age.
Verticordia lehmannii is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is slender shrub with only a few branches, well-spaced, oppositely arranged leaves and small heads of pale pink to silvery flowers with a dark pink centre.
Agonis undulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the Fitzgerald River National Park in the south of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less sessile, egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, white flowers, and broadly cup-shaped capsules.
Kunzea micromera is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is a small, sparse shrub, similar in some respects to K. micrantha but has shorter, more rounded sepal lobes. It produces groups of pink flowers on the ends of a few long shoots in spring.
Kunzea pauciflora, the Mount Melville kunzea, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to a small area on the south coast of Western Australia. It is a shrub with the stems densely branched near their ends, linear leaves and one, two or three pink flowers near the ends of the branches but usually only at the top of the shrub.
Kunzea praestans is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with sessile leaves and groups of about fourteen to twenty pink flowers in more or less spherical groups on the end of the branches.
Kunzea preissiana is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub with hairy branches and leaves, pink to mauve flowers in groups on the ends of shoots, and twenty to thirty stamens about the same length as the petals. It is a widespread, often locally common species across its range.
Kunzea recurva is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an uncommon shrub with small leaves and groups of pink or purplish flowers on the ends of the branches.
Calytrix asperula, commonly known as brush starflower, is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a mostly glabrous shrub with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves and cream-coloured to yellow flowers with 40 to 60 yellow stamens in several rows.
Hypocalymma asperum is a species of flowering in the myrtle family Myrtaceae, and is endemic to the south west region of Western Australia. It is an erect, multi-branched or spreading shrublet, with relatively short, stout leaves, and rose pink flowers.
Leptospermopsis erubescens, commonly known as the roadside tea tree, is a species of shrub that is endemic to southwest of Western Australia. It has thin, fibrous bark, egg-shaped leaves, small white flowers and woody fruit.
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Hibbertia depressa is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the far south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or sprawling shrub with spreading, usually densely clustered, linear leaves and yellow flowers arranged singly or clustered among the leaves.
Hibbertia microphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Dilleniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with weakly ascending stems, broadly egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and yellow flowers, usually with ten stamens and up to nine staminodes arranged on one side of, and leaning over the two densely hairy carpels.
Pimelea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and compact clusters of many white or pink flowers surrounded by 4 green, egg-shaped involucral bracts.
Pimelea villifera is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, dense shrub usually with linear to narrowly elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and compact heads of many white flowers usually surrounded by 6 to 10 pairs of green and yellowish, narrowly egg-shaped involucral bracts.