| Spyridium minutum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. minutum |
| Binomial name | |
| Spyridium minutum | |
Spyridium minutum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with broadly egg-shaped or heart-shaped leaves, and groups of two or three hairy, white flowers.
Spyridium minutum is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–25 cm (3.9–9.8 in), its branchlets hairy at first, the hairs pressed against the surface. Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to heart-shaped, 1.3–1.6 mm (0.051–0.063 in) long and 1.1–1.6 mm (0.043–0.063 in) wide on a petiole 0.3–0.5 mm (0.012–0.020 in) long. The edges of the leaves are turned down and the lower surface is densely covered with white hairs. The flowers are white and borne in groups of 2 or 3, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) wide, the floral tube about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and densely hairy. The sepals are 0.2–0.5 mm (0.0079–0.0197 in) long and densely hairy. Flowering occurs from March to May. [2] [3]
Spyridium minutum was first formally described in 1995 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the Nuytsia from specimens collected in 1992. [2] [4] The specific epithet (minutum) means "minute", referring to the size of the plant and all its parts. [2]
This spyridium grows on plains in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia. [2]
Spyridium globulosum, commonly known as basket bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to coastal areas in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with relatively large leaves and heads of flowers covered with whitish hairs.
Lasiopetalum floribundum, commonly known as free flowering lasiopetalum, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with hairy young stems, egg-shaped leaves and pale pink, mauve or white flowers.
Pimelea brachyphylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to spreading shrub with linear to elliptic leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Petrophile antecedens is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is a small, erect, open shrub with sharply-pointed, cylindrical leaves and spherical heads of hairy, pale cream-coloured flowers.
Petrophile clavata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is a shrub with curved, needle-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves and spherical heads of hairy, cream-coloured to very pale yellow flowers.
Isopogon pruinosus is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is a compact, spreading shrub with narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and spherical to elliptic heads of pink flowers.
Pomaderris myrtilloides is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to near-coastal areas of southern Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with many branches, narrowly egg-shaped elliptic or wedge-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and cream-coloured to pale pink flowers.
Lasiopetalum monticola is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, slender or straggling shrub with densely hairy branchlets, leaves and flowers, egg-shaped leaves and pink, cream-coloured or white flowers.
Lasiopetalum oppositifolium is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, erect shrub with rusty-hairy young stems, linear, narrowly elliptic or narrowly egg-shaped leaves and white, pink and dark red flowers.
Pomaderris rotundifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is an upright, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.1–1.5 m, its branchlets covered with star-shaped hairs. The leaves are more or less round leaves and the flowers are white to pink. In most respects it is similar to other species of Pomaderris occurring in Western Australia but has more prominent bracts, shorter pedicels and well developed petals. Flowering occurs from June to October.
Lasiopetalum trichanthera is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect to straggling, sticky shrub with many hairy stems, egg-shaped leaves and bright pink and dark red flowers.
Spyridium bifidum, commonly known as forked spyridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is an erect shrub with densely softly-hairy young stems, wedge-shaped to linear leaves sometimes with a two-lobed tip, and densely woolly heads of white-velvety flowers.
Spyridium scortechinii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves, and dense heads of white, woolly-hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base.
Spyridium coalitum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with softly-hairy young stems, oblong to narrowly elliptic leaves, and head of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Spyridium cordatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate, straggling or ascending shrub with leathery, broadly heart-shaped leaves with a notched tip, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) long with woolly, white or rust-coloured hairs on the lower side. The heads of flowers are 6.5–8.5 mm (0.26–0.33 in) wide with two to four floral leaves at the base. The sepals are up to 1.6 mm (0.063 in) long the petal tube shaggy-hairy with more or less glabrous lobes.
Spyridium fontis-woodii, commonly known as Woods Well spyridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to a small area of Coorong National Park in South Australia. It is a slender shrub with softly-hairy young stems, broadly egg-shaped to broadly heart-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and head of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Pimelea avonensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Thymelaeaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly egg-shaped or elliptic leaves and clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Spyridium glaucum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to a restricted area of south-western Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves, and clusters of 3 to 6 rusty-hairy flowers.
Spyridium halmaturinum, commonly known as Kangaroo Island spyridium, is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is an erect, sticky shrub with densely softly-hairy young stems, leaves that are heart-shaped with the narrower end towards the base to broadly wedge-shaped or Y-shaped, and dense heads of white to cream-coloured flowers.
Spyridium montanum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the Stirling Range in the south of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and groups of up to ten densely hairy, white or cream-coloured flowers.