Seringia corollata

Last updated

Seringia corollata
Seringia corollata flower 11.jpg
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Seringia
Species:
S. corollata
Binomial name
Seringia corollata
Synonyms [2]
  • Keraudrenia corollata(Steetz) Druce (1917)
  • Keraudrenia corollata var. acuminataDomin (1928)

Seringia corollata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to north-eastern Australia. It is a small, low-growing shrub with hairy young branches, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and mauve flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to 3.

Contents

Description

Seringia corollata is a small, low-growing shrub that typically grows up to 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in) high and 0.5–1 m (1 ft 8 in – 3 ft 3 in) wide, its branchlets covered with rust-coloured and white hairs when young, later glabrous. The leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long and 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide on a petiole 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, with narrowly triangular stipules 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is deeply wrinkled and the lower surface is densely covered, with soft, white hairs and prominent veins. The flowers are mauve, borne in singly or in groups of up to 3 on a peduncle 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) long. The sepals are 10–13 mm (0.39–0.51 in) in diameter, the lobes longer than wide, and there are usually no petals. The staminodes are less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long, and the filaments and anthers are yellow. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is spherical, 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long and has obvious wings. [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Seringia corollata was first formally described in 1846 by Joachim Steetz in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae from specimens collected by Ferdinand Bauer. [5] The specific epithet (corollata) refers to the presence of a corolla. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Seringia collina grows in the understorey of woodland and is widespread from Mount Mulligan in Queensland to near Rylstone in New South Wales, and on Groote Eylandt and in eastern Kakadu in the Northern Territory. [3] [4]

Related Research Articles

<i>Olearia phlogopappa</i> Species of flowering plant

Olearia phlogopappa commonly known as the dusty daisy-bush or alpine daisy-bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is commonly found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. It is a small shrub with greyish-green foliage, daisy-like flowers in white, pink or mauve that can be seen from spring to late summer.

<i>Seringia arborescens</i> Species of tree

Seringia arborescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is an erect, spreading shrub or small tree with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves and cream-coloured or greenish-white flowers, usually in groups of 10 to 40.

<i>Seringia nephrosperma</i> Species of shrub

Seringia nephrosperma, commonly known as free-carpel fire-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an upright, suckering shrub with hairy new growth, usually oblong to lance-shaped leaves, and purple flowers arranged in groups of 5 to 25.

<i>Seringia hillii</i> Species of shrub

Seringia hillii is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a single-stemmed shrub with hairy new growth, egg-shaped leaves and usually mauve flowers arranged in groups of 2 to 9.

<i>Seringia hermanniifolia</i> Species of shrub

Seringia hermanniifolia, commonly known as crinkle-leaved firebush, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-growing or prostrate, suckering shrub with hairy new growth, hairy, wavy, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and mauve to bluish flowers arranged in groups of 3 to 8.

<i>Seringia velutina</i> Species of shrub

Seringia velutina, commonly known as velvet firebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae family and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a suckering shrub that sometimes forms dense colonies. Its leaves are narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped and it has 3 to 11 pale pink to purple flowers arranged in loose cymes.

<i>Thomasia petalocalyx</i> Species of flowering plant

Thomasia petalocalyx, commonly known as paper flower, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a shrub with wrinkled, oblong to egg-shaped leaves and cup-shaped mauve flowers.

<i>Prostanthera canaliculata</i> Species of flowering plant

Prostanthera canaliculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small, erect shrub with hairy branchlets, narrow egg-shaped to narrow elliptical leaves and pale blue or pale violet to white flowers with no markings.

<i>Prostanthera hindii</i> Species of flowering plant

Prostanthera hindii is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a small, erect shrub with densely hairy branches, egg-shaped leaves, and mauve flowers with deep mauve to dark purple colouration inside the petal tube.

<i>Olearia paucidentata</i> Species of Asteraceae

Olearia paucidentata, the autumn scrub daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with variably-shaped leaves, and white, mauve or blue and mauve or yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia fluvialis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland areas of northern Western Australia. It is a shrub with scattered, narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and white or mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Epacris apsleyensis is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of Tasmania. It is an erect shrub with hairy branchlets, lance-shaped to elliptic leaves and tube-shaped flowers with white petals.

Olearia lehmanniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland areas of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic or linear leaves that are densely hairy on the lower surface, and pale mauve, daisy-like inflorescences.

Hovea magnibractea, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly oblong to lorate (strap-shaped) leaves, and mauve and yellow, pea-like flowers.

<i>Hovea similis</i> Species of legume

Hovea similis is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and grows in New South Wales and Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with hairy foliage and mauve and yellowish-green pea-like flowers.

Cryptandra triplex is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the north of the Northern Territory. It is a hairy shrub with narrowly elliptic to lance-shaped or egg-shaped leaves and white to cream-coloured or yellowish, tube-shaped flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to 5 in leaf axils, near the ends of branches.

<i>Commersonia salviifolia</i> Species of plant

Commersonia salviifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped leaves and white flowers in clusters of 5 to 30.

<i>Guichenotia micrantha</i> Species of flowering plant

Guichenotia micrantha, commonly known as small flowered guichenotia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, compact shrub with linear to narrowly egg-shaped leaves and pink flowers in groups of three to six.

Seringia adenolasia is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is a sticky, aromatic densely hairy shrub with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves sometimes with toothed edges, and creamy-pink or purple flowers, usually in groups of up to 5.

<i>Seringia denticulata</i> Species of flowering plant

Seringia denticulata is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spindly shrub, densely covered with rust-coloured hairs, has egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and usually white flowers in groups of 6 to 10.

References

  1. "Seringia corrollata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 December 2023.
  2. Seringia corollata Steetz. Plants of the World Online . Retrieved 24 June 2023,
  3. 1 2 3 Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern Bushes of Australia; Thomasias & Allied Genera. Australia: A.P.S. Keiler Plains Inc. pp. 402–403. ISBN   9780646839301.
  4. 1 2 Harden, Gwen J.; Wilson, Karen L. "Seringia corollata". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
  5. "Seringia corollata". APNI. Retrieved 31 December 2023.