Streptoglossa cylindriceps

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Streptoglossa cylindriceps
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Streptoglossa
Species:
S. cylindriceps
Binomial name
Streptoglossa cylindriceps

Streptoglossa cylindriceps is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and grows in Western Australia, South Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a ground cover or ascending perennial or annual herb with bluish purple or pink flowers.

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Description

Streptoglossa cylindriceps is a short-lived, perennial or prostrate herb with faintly aromatic, glandular leaves and stems covered in soft, thin hairs. The leaves are oblong to lance shaped to spoon or oval shaped, 4–35 mm (0.16–1.38 in) long, 1–20 mm (0.039–0.787 in) wide, narrowing gradually at the base, margins smooth or toothed and pointed or blunt at the apex. The flowers are borne singly on either long or short branches consisting of 35-80 pink, lilac or blue-purple florets, involucre 15–23 mm (0.59–0.91 in) long and the bracts purplish or green. Flowering occurs most months of the year and the fruit is dry, one-seeded, curved, ribbed, 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long and densely covered with silky, flattened hairs. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy and naming

Streptoglossa cylindriceps was first formally described in 1981 by Clyde Robert Dunlop and the description was published in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden . [5] [6] The specific epithet (cylindriceps) means "cylinder" and "headed". [7]

Distribution and habitat

This streptoglossa grows in drier regions in a variety of situations and soils including red sand or clay, floodplains, rocky creeks and occasionally flooded swamps. [2] [3]

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References

  1. "Streptoglossa cylindriceps". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  2. 1 2 Spooner, Amanda. "Streptoglossa cylindriceps". Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  3. 1 2 Dunlop, C.R; Orchard, A.E (1992). Flora of Australia. Vol. 37 (1st ed.). Canberra: ABRS. p. 428. ISBN   9781486304165.
  4. "Streptoglossa cylindriceps". eFlora of South Australia fact sheet. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  5. "Streptoglossa cylindriceps". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  6. Dunlop, Clyde (1981). "Streptoglossa cylindriceps" (PDF). Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 3 (2): 178. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 180. ISBN   9780958034180.