Quoya verbascina

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Golden bush
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Quoya verbascina growing near Mullewa
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Quoya
Species:
Q. verbascina
Binomial name
Quoya verbascina
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Synonyms [2]

Quoya verbascina, commonly known as golden bush, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are often oblong but very variable in shape and the flowers are pinkish-white with pink spots inside and are surrounded by yellow woolly sepals.

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Description

Quoya verbascina is an erect shrub with its main stem and branches densely covered with woolly, branched, dark brownish-red or pale brownish-yellow hairs, often appearing yellowish in the upper parts of the plant. The leaves are often elliptic to oblong in shape but otherwise very variable. They are mostly 3–7 cm (1–3 in) long, 1–3 cm (0.4–1 in) wide, thick, soft and densely covered with woolly hairs. [3] [4] [5]

The flowers are arranged in the upper leaf axils, usually in a groups of between five and nine flowers, each on a woolly pedicel mostly 3–10 mm (0.1–0.4 in) long. There are bracts and smaller bracteoles which are woolly on the outside, at the base of the flowers. The five yellow sepals are 10–13 mm (0.4–0.5 in) long and joined at the base to form a tube 1–2 mm (0.04–0.08 in) long, with thin, lance-shaped lobes on the end. The sepal tube is densely covered with woolly hairs on the outside and more or less glabrous on the inside. The petals are pinkish-white with pink spots inside the petal tube. The five petals are 12–18 mm (0.5–0.7 in) long, forming a tube 6–8 mm (0.2–0.3 in) long with a wide opening and five lobes. The two upper lobes are short and oblong, the two lower outer lobes are small and triangular and the middle lobe is more than twice as large as the other four. The outside of the petal tube is covered with short, soft hairs and is glabrous inside apart from a ring of hairs around the ovary. The four stamens are about as long as the petal tube, the upper pair much shorter than the lower pair. Flowering occurs mainly from July to December and is followed by fruit which is a curved oval shape, 2.5–3 mm (0.098–0.12 in) long, covered with soft hairs and has the sepals attached. [3] [4] [5]

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Chloanthes verbascina. The description was published in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from a specimen collected by Augustus Oldfield near the Murchison River. [6] [7] In 1870, George Bentham changed the name to Pityrodia verbascina [8] but in 2011, Barry Conn and Murray Henwood changed it to Quoya verbascina and published the change in Australian Systematic Botany . [1] [9] The specific epithet (verbascina) is derived from the Latin name for the plant commonly known as "mullein". [10]

Distribution and habitat

Golden bush mostly grows in shrubland or in kwongan, often on road verges. It is mostly found between Carnarvon and Moora in the Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain and Yagoo biogeographic regions. [3] [4] [5]

Conservation

Quoya verbascina is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [5]

Related Research Articles

<i>Dasymalla</i> Genus of flowering plants

Dasymalla is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in this genus are woolly shrubs with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens of unequal lengths. These species are similar to those in the genus Pityrodia except that the fruit does not release its seeds when mature.

<i>Hemiphora</i> Genus of flowering plants

Hemiphora is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in this genus are woolly shrubs with warty, hairy leaves and with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens. These species are similar to those in the genus Chloanthes in that the base of the leaves extends down the stem. They differ from Chloanthes, in that the leaves only extend a short distance down the stem.

<i>Quoya</i> (plant)

Quoya is a genus of flowering plants in family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in this genus are shrubs with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens of unequal lengths.

<i>Quoya atriplicina</i>

Quoya atriplicina, commonly known as saltbush foxglove, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a bushy shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of hairs, giving them a greyish appearance. The leaves are broad-elliptic to almost circular in shape and the tube-shaped flowers are pink with purple spots inside.

<i>Quoya oldfieldii</i>


Quoya oldfieldii, commonly known as Oldfield's foxglove, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of brownish hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped and the tube-shaped flowers are pink with purple spots inside.

Dasymalla teckiana is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, openly branched, sticky shrub with mauve and white, bugle-shaped flowers.

<i>Pityrodia loricata</i> Species of plant

Pityrodia loricata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a dense, greyish, multi-stemmed shrub with whorled leaves, prominent sepals and pale, pinkish-white flowers. It is common in Western Australia and the Northern Territory and there is a single record from South Australia.

<i>Hemiphora bartlingii</i> Species of flowering plant

Hemiphora bartlingii, commonly known as woolly dragon, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with branches covered with greyish, rusty-coloured hairs, leaves with a blistered appearance and with white, pink or purple flowers over an extended period.

<i>Quoya cuneata</i>

Quoya cuneata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with its branches and leaves covered with a layer of woolly, pale white or brownish hairs. The flowers are blue at first but become white with purple spots inside the petal tube.

<i>Pityrodia lepidota</i>

Pityrodia lepidota is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, densely-branched shrub with small leaves and whitish, bell-shaped flowers. The entire plant, apart from the petals, is densely covered with small, circular scales.

<i>Hemiphora elderi</i> Species of flowering plant

Hemiphora elderi, commonly known as red velvet, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with its leaves densely covered with white, woolly hairs and with small clusters of reddish-purple, bell-shaped flowers.

<i>Quoya dilatata</i>

Quoya dilatata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of white, woolly hairs. The leaves are wrinkled or crinkly and the tube-shaped flowers are orange-red and hairy on the outside.

<i>Pityrodia chrysocalyx</i>

Pityrodia chrysocalyx is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with small, glossy leaves, and flowers with white petals and a golden-yellow calyx.

Muniria megalophylla is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. It is a shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of short, greyish, branched hairs and small groups of reddish-pink flowers near the ends of the branches.

<i>Hemiphora exserta</i> Species of flowering plant

Hemiphora exserta is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a sprawling shrub with its branches densely covered with white, woolly hairs. Its leaves are rough and wrinkled and the flowers are deep pink or dark red, curved and tube-shaped with spreading petal lobes on the end.

<i>Hemiphora lanata</i> Species of flowering plant

Hemiphora lanata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a sprawling shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with white, woolly hairs and with deep pink or dark red, curved, tube-shaped flowers with spreading petal lobes on the end. It is similar to Hemiphora exserta except for its cottony leaf-covering and its longer stamens.

<i>Hemiphora uncinata</i> Species of flowering plant

Hemiphora uncinata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub with its branches densely covered with white, woolly hairs. Its leaves are rough and wrinkled and the flowers are tube-shaped with deep pink petals with wavy edges.

<i>Quoya loxocarpa</i>

Quoya loxocarpa is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is an open shrub with many spindly tangled branches. The leaves are oblong and woolly when young and the flowers are whitish pink with purple spots inside and are surrounded by woolly sepals.

<i>Pityrodia hemigenioides</i>

Pityrodia hemigenioides is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading shrub with densely hairy branches and leaves, and pale white flowers near the ends of the branches.

Quoya paniculata is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with a layer of woolly hairs. The flowers are usually arranged in small groups surrounded by woolly hairs and are bell-shaped and deep purple or deep lilac. It is similar to Dasymalla axillaris and D. terminalis but is distinguished from them by its wedge-shaped leaf ends and more northerly distribution.

References

  1. 1 2 "Quoya verbascina". APNI. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  2. ↑ "Quoya verbascina". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  3. 1 2 3 Munir, Ahmad Abid (1979). "A taxonomic revision of the genus Pityrodia (Chloanthaceae)". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 2 (1): 69–73.
  4. 1 2 3 Corrick, Margaret G.; Fuhrer, Bruce A. (2009). Wildflowers of southern Western Australia (3rd ed.). Kenthurst, N.S.W.: Rosenberg Publishing. p. 45. ISBN   9781877058844.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Quoya verbascina". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  6. ↑ "Chloanthes verbascina". APNI. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  7. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1859). Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae (Volume 1). Melbourne. p. 22. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  8. ↑ "Pityrodia verbascina". APNI. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
  9. ↑ Conn, Barry J.; Henwood, Murray J.; Streiber, Nicola (2011). "Synopsis of the tribe Chloantheae and new nomenclatural combinations in Pityrodia s.lat. (Lamiaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 24 (1): 8. doi:10.1071/SB10039.
  10. ↑ Brown, Roland Wilbur (1956). The Composition of Scientific Words. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press. p. 329.
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