Guichenotia micrantha

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Small flowered guichenotia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Guichenotia
Species:
G. micrantha
Binomial name
Guichenotia micrantha
Synonyms [1]
  • Sarotes micranthaSteetz
  • Sarotes pogonanthera F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
  • Thomasia pogonantheraF.Muell.

Guichenotia micrantha, commonly known as small flowered guichenotia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, compact shrub with linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and pink flowers in groups of three to six.

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Description

Guichenotia micrantha is a compact shrub that typically grows to 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) high and wide, its new growth densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are linear to narrowly egg-shaped, 6–20 mm (0.24–0.79 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide on a short petiole, usually with stipules 1.0–2.5 mm (0.039–0.098 in) long at the base. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, and both surface are covered with star-shaped hairs, more densely so on the lower surface. The flowers are 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) in diameter, arranged in cymes of three to six on a peduncle 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long. There is a single egg-shaped bract and three lance-shaped bracteoles. The pink, petal-like sepals are deep red at the base, and joined for most of their length, each with three to five hairy ribs, and covered with star-shaped hairs. There are tiny, deep red petals and staminodes. Flowering occurs from June to November. [3] [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Guichenotia micrantha was first formally described in 1846 by Joachim Steetz who gave it the name Sarotes micrantha in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony by James Drummond. [4] [5] In 1863, George Bentham transferred to species to Guichenotia as G. micrantha in Flora Australiensis . [6] The specific epithet (micrantha) means "small-flowered". [7]

Distribution and habitat

Small-flowered guichenotia grows on sand and laterite on sandplains, rocky hills and granite outcrops between Geraldton and Esperance, and as far inland as Eneabba and Southern Cross excluding the far south-west corner, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia. [3] [2]

Conservation status

Guichenotia micrantha is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Guichenotia micrantha". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Guichenotia micrantha". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. pp. 234–235. ISBN   9780646839301.
  4. "Sarotes micrantha". APNI. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  5. Steetz, Joachim; Lehmnn, Johann G.C. (1846). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. p. 346. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  6. "Guichenotia micrantha". APNI. Retrieved 28 May 2023.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 251. ISBN   9780958034180.