Andersonia ferricola

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Andersonia ferricola
Status DECF P1.svg
Priority One — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Andersonia
Species:
A. ferricola
Binomial name
Andersonia ferricola

Andersonia ferricola is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the southwest of Western Australia. It is a straggling shrub with twisted, narrowly egg-shaped leaves and pale lilac, tube-shaped flowers.

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Description

Andersonia ferricola is a straggling shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in). The leaves are wavy, twisted, narrowly egg-shaped, and 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) long, the upper surface more or less glabrous and the lower surface with a few woolly hairs. The flowers are arranged in clusters of up to 30 in leaf axils, with narrowly egg-shaped, leaf-like bracteoles 6–7 mm (0.24–0.28 in) long. The sepals are narrowly egg-shaped to linear, 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, and the petals form a cylindrical tube 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long with lobes spreading lobes 2.2–3.0 mm (0.087–0.118 in) long. The stamens are 6.6–8 mm (0.26–0.31 in) long, the anthers white and spindle-shaped to linear 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Andersonia ferricola was first formally described in 2007 by Kristina L. Lemson in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected in the Whicher Range area in 1993. [2] [4] The specific epithet (ferricola) means 'iron-dweller', and refers to the species ironstone habitat. [2]

Distribution and habitat

This species of Andersonia grows in dense, low heath on winter-wet ironstone flats in a small area south-east of Busselton in the Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

Andersonia ferricola is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [3] meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations where it is potentially at risk. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Andersonia ferricola". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Lemson, Kristina L. (2007). "New species of Andersonia (Ericaceae) of conservation concern". Nuytsia. 17: 199–202. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Andersonia ferricola". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. ↑ "Andersonia ferricola". APNI. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
  5. ↑ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 25 October 2024.
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