Lechenaultia divaricata

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Tangled leschenaultia
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Lechenaultia divaricata in the Poeppel Corner region of Queensland
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Lechenaultia
Species:
L. divaricata
Binomial name
Lechenaultia divaricata
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Habit

Lechenaultia divaricata, commonly known as tangled leschenaultia, wirenetting bush or wirebush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to arid and semi-arid areas of central Australia.

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Description

Lechenaultia divaricata is an erect subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to 100 cm (39 in) and has many spreading branches and glabrous foliage. The leaves are reduced to scattered, membrane-like, triangular scales 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets, the sepals 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The petals are creamy-white to yellow, 13–20 mm (0.51–0.79 in) long, the wings on the lower petal lobes triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide and fringed, on the upper lobes up to 0.4 mm (0.016 in) wide. Flowering occurs sporadically throughout the year and the fruit is a cylindrical capsule 9–32 mm (0.35–1.26 in) long. [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy

Lechenaultia divaricata was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected near Coopers Creek. [7] [8] The specific epithet (divaricata) means "widely-spreading". [9]

Distribution and habitat

Tangled leschenaultia grows in sand, often on sand dunes in mulga scrub and woodland in arid and semi-arid areas of inland South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland and New South Wales. [3] [4] [5] [6]

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References

  1. "Lechenaultia divaricata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  2. Morrison, David A. "Lechenaultia divaricata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Lechenaultia divaricata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Lechenaultia divaricata". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  5. 1 2 "Lechenaultia divaricata". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  6. 1 2 Carolin, Roger C. "Lechenaultia divaricata". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  7. "Lechenaultia divaricata". APNI. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  8. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1860). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 3. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 33. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  9. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 185. ISBN   9780958034180.