Lasiopetalum bracteatum

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Helena velvet bush
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Lasiopetalum bracteatum near Perth
Status DECF P4.svg
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Lasiopetalum
Species:
L. bracteatum
Binomial name
Lasiopetalum bracteatum

Lasiopetalum bracteatum, commonly known as Helena velvet bush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and loose groups pinkish flowers.

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Description

Lasiopetalum bracteatum is an erect, spreading shrub typically 60–150 cm (24–59 in) high and 40–100 cm (16–39 in) wide, its young stems covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, the edges curved downwards, mostly 19–45 mm (0.75–1.77 in) long and 11–30 mm (0.43–1.18 in) wide on a petiole 6–13 mm (0.24–0.51 in) long. The surfaces of the leaves are sparsely to densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged in loose groups of 8 to 22 46–80 mm (1.8–3.1 in) long, the peduncle hairy and 10–37 mm (0.39–1.46 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 4.1–7.0 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long with an elliptic bract 2.3–7.2 mm (0.091–0.283 in) long at the base. The sepals are bright pink to mauve-pink with a dark red base, 4.8–8.3 mm (0.19–0.33 in) long with lobes 3.7–7.1 mm (0.15–0.28 in) long and the five petals are about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and glabrous. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is an elliptic capsule 4.1–4.5 mm (0.16–0.18 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1839 by Stephan Endlicher who gave it the name Corethrostylis bracteata in Novarum Stirpium Decades. [4] [5] In 1863, George Bentham changed the name to Lasiopetalum bracteatum in Flora Australiensis . [6] The specific epithet (bracteatum) means "bracteate". [7]

Distribution and habitat

This lasiopetalum grows near creeks and drainage lines and near granite outcrops in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Lasiopetalum bracteatum is listed as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that is rare or near threatened. [8]

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References

  1. "Lasiopetalum bracteatum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lasiopetalum bracteatum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Shepherd, Kelly A.; Wilkins, Carolyn F. (2018). "A taxonomic revision of species with a petaloid epicalyx bract allied to Lasiopetalum bracteatum (Malvaceae: Byttnerioideae)" (PDF). Nuytsia. 29: 162–166. Retrieved 27 January 2022.
  4. "Corethrostylis bracteata". APNI. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  5. Endlicher, Stephan; Fenzl, Eduard (1839). Novarum stirpium decas I-X. pp. 1–2. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  6. "Lasiopetalum bracteatum". APNI. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 149. ISBN   9780958034180.
  8. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 2 February 2022.