Patersonia juncea

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Rush leaved patersonia
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Iridaceae
Genus: Patersonia
Species:
P. juncea
Binomial name
Patersonia juncea
Synonyms [1]
  • Genosiris juncea(Lindl.) F.Muell.
  • Patersonia juncea var. elongataBenth.
  • Patersonia junceaLindl. var. juncea

Patersonia juncea, commonly known as rush leaved patersonia, [2] is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tufted perennial herb with linear leaves and pale violet tepals.

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Description

Patersonia juncea is a tufted perennial herb that grows to a height of 7–30 cm (2.8–11.8 in) and forms a rhizome. The leaves are linear, 70–220 mm (2.8–8.7 in) long, 0.6–1.4 mm (0.024–0.055 in) wide and more or less cylindrical with a deep longitudinal groove. The flowering scape is 50–240 mm (2.0–9.4 in) long and glabrous. The outer tepals are pale violet, 15–20 mm (0.59–0.79 in) long and 13–18 mm (0.51–0.71 in) wide, and the hypanthium tube is 25–35 mm (0.98–1.38 in) long and glabrous. Flowering mainly occurs from August to October. [2] [3]

Taxonomy and naming

Patersonia juncea was first described in 1840 by John Lindley in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony . [4] [5] The specific epithet (juncea) means "rush-like". [6]

Distribution and habitat

Rush leaved patersonia grows in forest, woodland mallee and scrub between Eneabba and Israelite Bay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Patersonia juncea is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Patersonia juncea". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Patersonia juncea". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. 1 2 "Patersonia juncea". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  4. "Patersonia juncea". APNI. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  5. Lindley, John (1840). A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony. London: James Ridgway. p. lviii. Retrieved 24 November 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 229. ISBN   9780958034180.