Sclerolaena bicornis

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Sclerolaena bicornis
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Sclerolaena
Species:
S. bicornis
Binomial name
Sclerolaena bicornis
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Sclerolaena bicornis, commonly known as goathead burr, is a perennial shrub in the Amaranthaceae family, native to inland Australia, and found in Queensland, the Northern Territory, South Australia, New South Wales, and Western Australia [1] The Walmajarri people of the Kimberley know the plant as Paka. [3]

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It was first described by John Lindley in 1838 in Thomas Mitchell's Three Expeditions into the interior of Eastern Australia. [1] [2] The species epithet, bicornis, is derived from Latin bis ("twice") and cornu (''horn"), [4] and describes the plant as having two-horned burrs.

Description

Sclerolaena bicornis is a complexly branched shrub , growing up to 50 cm high. The branches are white and woolly, with widely spaced, slender, semi-terete leaves. The flowers are solitary, with a densely woolly perianth. Stamens 5. The fruiting perianth is woody with a thick white woolly covering except for the final part of the spines. [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Jacobs, S. W. L. (1999). "Sclerolaena bicornis". PlantNet - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. Retrieved 21 September 2017.
  2. 1 2 Thomas Mitchell (1838), Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, vol. 2, p. 47, Wikidata   Q6146213
  3. Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 84. Wikidata   Q106088428.
  4. "bicornis,-is,-e". www.plantillustrations.org. Retrieved 21 March 2021.
  5. Paul G.Wilson (2020). "Sclerolaena bicornis". Flora of Australia. Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 22 March 2021.