Scholtzia parviflora

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Scholtzia parviflora
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Scholtzia
Species:
S. parviflora
Binomial name
Scholtzia parviflora

Scholtzia parviflora is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia. [1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1 to 3 metres (3.3 to 9.8 ft). [1] The plant has a spreading habit with decumbent branches. The evergreen leaves have a length of 1 to 2 millimetres (0.039 to 0.079 in) and no prominent veins. [2] It blooms between August and October producing pink-white flowers. [1] The flowers have a diameter of around 5 mm (0.197 in) and are on pedicels about the same length as the leaves. [2] The plant superficially resembles Scholtzia uberiflora but is much more widespread. [2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1864 as part of the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae . The only known synonym is Baeckea parviflora. [3]

It is found in wet depressions in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia between Geraldton and Cunderdin where it grows in sandy soils over laterite. [1] It is part of the understorey in kwongan shrubland communities. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Scholtzia parviflora". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenburg Publishing. ISBN   9781877058844.
  3. "Scholtzia parviflora F.Muell". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility]]. Retrieved 6 November 2018.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)