| Red snakebush | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Hemiandra |
| Species: | H. gardneri |
| Binomial name | |
| Hemiandra gardneri | |
Hemiandra gardneri, commonly known as red snakebush, [2] is a flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a prostrate, trailing plant with greyish foliage and mostly red flowers.
Hemiandra gardneri is a prostrate, perennial mat forming shrub growing up to 0.1–0.2 m (3.9 in – 7.9 in) high, 0.2 m (7.9 in) wide and stems put 40 cm (16 in) long. The leaves are linear to linear oblong-lance shaped, green or greyish, up to 20 mm (0.79 in) long and 5 mm (0.20 in) wide, covered in short hairs and pointed at the apex. The red to dark pink flowers are borne usually in clusters near the end of stems. The fused corolla tube petals about 14 mm (0.55 in) long, 2 lipped, three lower lobes, 2 upper lobes and anthers protruding a short distance from the corolla. The calyx is bell-shaped, hairy, 5 mm (0.20 in) long and two lipped. Flowering occurs from August to October. [2] [3]
Hemiandra gardneri was first formally described in 1927 by Oswald Hewlett Sargent and the description was published in Journal of Botany, British and Foreign . [4] The specific epithet (gardneri) is in honour of Charles Gardner. [5]
Red snakebush grows on deep sand in heath, scrub and hills north of Watheroo. [2]
Hemiandra gardneri is listed as "endangered" under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. [6]
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Goodenia psammophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and endemic to the Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or erect annual herb with narrow lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and racemes of yellow flowers with brownish or whitish lobes.
Goodenia redacta is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying herb with toothed, egg-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, and racemes of yellow flowers with a brownish centre.
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