Sclerolaena hostilis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Amaranthaceae |
Genus: | Sclerolaena |
Species: | S. hostilis |
Binomial name | |
Sclerolaena hostilis | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Bassia hostilis Diels |
Sclerolaena hostilis is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae, [1] native to Western Australia. [2] [1] [3] It was first described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels as Bassia hostilis, [4] [5] but was transferred to the genus, Sclerolaena in 1921 by Karel Domin. [4] [6]
(Australian authorities still place the genus Sclerolaena in the Chenopodiaceae family.) [4]
It is found in north-western Western Australia between Roebourne and Nullagine, [2] along creeks and stony plains. [2]
Banksia purdieana is a species of bushy shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has broadly linear, pinnatipartite leaves with sharply-pointed lobes on the sides, yellow flowers in heads of about eighty and egg-shaped follicles.
Grevillea excelsior, commonly known as flame grevillea or yellow flame grevillea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub or small tree with usually divided leaves with linear lobes, and clusters of orange flowers.
Sclerolaena is a genus of annuals or short-lived perennials in the family Chenopodiaceae, which are included in Amaranthaceae according to the APG classification.
Melaleuca depressa is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, bushy shrub with clusters of yellow or cream flowers on the ends of its branches in spring.
Isopogon alcicornis, commonly known as the elkhorn coneflower, is a plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to part of the South Coast Western Australia. It is a low shrub with pinnately-lobed leaves and oval heads of hairy, white or pink flowers.
Grevillea eremophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with leathery, linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and creamy-white flowers.
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Grevillea incrassata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland south-western Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with crowded cylindrical or narrowly linear leaves and clusters of bright yellow flowers.
Grevillea incurva is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland south-western Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with linear adult leaves and clusters of creamy-yellow flowers.
Grevillea oncogyne is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear, sometimes lobed leaves, and clusters of red or pinkish red flowers.
Kunzea montana, commonly known as mountain kunzea, is a flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with more or less round leaves and heads of cream-coloured to pale yellow flowers on the ends of the branches in late spring. It is an uncommon species, growing on rocky mountain slopes, but all populations are conserved in the Stirling Range National Park.
Baeckea elderiana is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to central Western Australia.
Baeckea grandibracteata is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to central Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.15 to 0.9 metres and blooms between September and December producing pink and white flowers. Found on undulating sand-plains in the eastern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia in the area around Yilgarn, it grows in sandy and sandy loam soils.
Baeckea grandis is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an ascending to low-lying shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.5 metres and blooms between September and December producing pink and white flowers. Found on sand-plains and hills in the Mid West and northern Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia, it grows in sandy and lateritic soils.
Conothamnus neglectus is a member of the family Myrtaceae endemic to Western Australia. This open shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1.0 metre. It blooms in between July and September producing yellow flowers.
Cyanothamnus fabianoides is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with many branches, simple, more or less cylindrical leaves and single white, pink or pale blue four-petalled flowers in the leaf axils.
Blennospora phlegmatocarpa is a herb species in the family Asteraceae. It is found in Western Australia.
Psammomoya choretroides is a small shrub in the Celastraceae family, endemic to the south west of Western Australia. It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1889 as Logania choretroides, but was transferred to the genus, Psammomoya, in 1904 by Ludwig Diels and Ludwig Eduard Theodor Loesener.
Grevillea ceratocarpa is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to inland areas of the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with softly-hairy, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and creamy-white flowers.
Leucopogon dielsianus is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It was first formally described in 1904 by Ernst Georg Pritzel in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie from specimens collected near Tammin. The specific epithet (dielsianus) honours Ludwig Diels.