Lechenaultia longiloba

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Irwin leschenaultia
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Lechenaultia longiloba in the ANBG
Status DECF P4.svg
Priority Four — Rare Taxa (DEC)
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Lechenaultia
Species:
L. longiloba
Binomial name
Lechenaultia longiloba
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Habit near Coalseam

Lechenaultia longiloba, commonly named Irwin leschenaultia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a straggling, low-lying herb or subshrub with narrow, rather fleshy leaves, and pale yellow or green petals with deep pink or red wings.

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Description

Lechenaultia longiloba is a straggling, mostly glabrous, low-lying herb or subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in), has few branches and often forms suckers. The leaves are narrow, rather fleshy and 9.5–26 mm (0.37–1.02 in) long. The flowers are arranged in compact groups, the sepals 16.5–21 mm (0.65–0.83 in) long and the petals 25–35 mm (0.98–1.38 in) long and densely hairy inside the petal tube. The petals are pale yellow or green with deep pink or red wings 1.7–4.2 mm (0.067–0.165 in) wide. The petal lobes are more or less the same size, the upper lobes erect and the lower lobes spreading. Flowering occurs from July to October, and the fruit is 20–26 mm (0.79–1.02 in) long. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Lechenaultia longiloba was first formally described in 1867 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by James Drummond. [4] [5] The specific epithet (longiloba) means "long-lobed", referring to the sepals. [6]

Distribution and habitat

Irwin leschenaultia grows in sandy soil in heath and is found from Dongara to Mullewa in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

This leschenaultia is listed as "Priority Four" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, [2] meaning that it is rare or near threatened. [7]

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References

  1. "Lechenaultia longiloba". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Lechenaultia longiloba". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 Morrison, David A. "Lechenaultia longiloba". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  4. "Lechenaultia longiloba". APNI. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  5. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 6. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 10. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 242. ISBN   9780958034180.
  7. "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 18 February 2022.