Brachyloma preissii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Brachyloma |
Species: | B. preissii |
Binomial name | |
Brachyloma preissii | |
Synonyms [2] | |
Brachyloma preissii var. brevifoliumSond. Contents |
Brachyloma preissii (common name globe heath) [3] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family, Ericaceae, and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect, dense shrub with linear to oblong leaves and red, or pinkish-red, tube-shaped flowers.
Brachyloma preissii is an erect, dense shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in), the branchlets slightly hairy. The leaves are linear to oblong, usually 8–17 mm (0.31–0.67 in) long, and paler on the lower surface. The flowers are red or pinkish-red on a peduncle 3–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) long with several bracts and bracteoles at least half as long as the sepals. The sepals are at least 4.3 mm (0.17 in) long with a small point on the tip. The petals are joined at the base to form a tube that is shorter than the sepals, with lobes as long as the tube, with long hairs inside. The filaments are short and the style is 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. Flowering occurs from February to September. [3] [4]
Brachyloma preissii was first formally described by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae in 1845, from specimens collected near the Swan River by James Drummond. [5] [6] The specific epithet, preissii, honours the botanist Ludwig Preiss. [7]
This shrub grows in coastal areas and on sandplains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [3]
Grevillea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a mounded to spreading or dense, erect shrub, the leaves divided with 5 to 7 linear to more or less cylindrical lobes, and groups of reddish flowers arranged along one side of the flowering rachis.
Grevillea paniculata, commonly known as kerosene bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense shrub with divided leaves, the lobes linear, and more or less spherical clusters of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Brachyloma is a genus of about 16 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus Brachyloma are shrubs with more or less erect leaves and bisexual flowers usually arranged singly in leaf axils, the 5 petals fused to form a cylindrical or bell-shaped tube, the stamens sometimes enclosed in the petal tube.
Stenanthera conostephioides, commonly known as flame heath, is a species of small shrub that is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It has linear to lance-shaped leaves, red, tubular flowers and green, oval fruit turning dark red.
Grevillea biternata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with divided leaves with linear lobes and clusters of white flowers.
Leucopogon sprengelioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with stem-clasping, egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves and short, dense spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon pulchellus, commonly known as beard-heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It is an erect or straggling shrub with erect, linear leaves and short, dense spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Styphelia planifolia is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with narrowly oblong or lance-shaped leaves with a small, sharp point on the tip, and white, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon polymorphus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of south-western Western Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped or almost linear leaves and short, dense spines of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Bossiaea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a compact, glabrous shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and yellow, red, orange or apricot-coloured flowers.
Leucopogon elatior is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender, erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves, and white, tube-shaped flowers.
Leucopogon flavescens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers that are densely bearded on the inside.
Leucopogon hirsutus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a low-lying or straggling shrub with elliptic to oblong leaves and inconspicuous, white, bell-shaped flowers.
Conostephium preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many stems, egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white and purplish to reddish-pink flowers.
Leucopogon obtusatus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.25–1 m. Its leaves are sessile, egg-shaped to oblong, overlap each other and are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The flowers are arranged in short, dense spikes on the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils with leaf-like bracts and broad bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals about 4 mm (0.16 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes shorter than the petal tube.
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.
Leucopogon ovalifolius is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or straggling shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–2 ft (0.30–0.61 m). Its leaves are egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4.2–6.3 mm (0.17–0.25 in) long and sessile. The flowers are arranged in pairs or threes in leaf axils on a short peduncle with tiny bracts, and bracteoles less than half as long as the sepals. The sepals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals 4.2–5.3 mm (0.17–0.21 in) long and joined at the base, the lobes longer than the petal tube.
Leucopogon oxycedrus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with variably-shaped leaves with a small, sharp point on the tip, and white, pink or red, tube-shaped flowers.
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.
Leucopogon tetragonus is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a robust shrub with crowded, often decussate, oblong to lance-shaped leaves and short, dense spikes of white, tube-shaped flowers.