Styphelia capillaris

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Styphelia capillaris
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Status DECF R.svg
Declared rare  (DEC)
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species:
S. capillaris
Binomial name
Styphelia capillaris
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Habit

Styphelia capillaris, commonly known as Horts' styphelia, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to a small area of south-western Western Australia. It is a dense, spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic leaves and white flowers arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils.

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Description

Styphelia capillaris is a dense, spreading shrub that typically grows up to 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) high and 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) wide, its young branchlets hairy. The leaves are narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic, 2.0–4.2 mm (0.079–0.165 in) long, 1.2–2.2 mm (0.047–0.087 in) wide on a petiole 0.1–0.3 mm (0.0039–0.0118 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly or in pairs in leaf axils with egg-shaped bracteoles 1.2–1.5 mm (0.047–0.059 in) long and 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) long at the base. The flowers are erect, the sepals narrowly egg-shaped, 2.0–2.7 mm (0.079–0.106 in) long 0.6–0.8 mm (0.024–0.031 in) wide. The petals are white, forming a tube 1.5–1.2 mm (0.059–0.047 in) long with lobes 1.8–2.3 mm (0.071–0.091 in) long and bearded on the inside. Flowering mainly occurs from October to December and the fruit is flattened, narrowly egg-shaped to narrowly elliptic, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and 1.6–1.8 mm (0.063–0.071 in) wide. [3]

Taxonomy

Styphelia capillaris was first formally described in 2020 by Michael Clyde Hislop and Caroline Puente-Lelievre in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected south-west of York in 1999. [3] [4] The specific epithet (capillaris) means "hair-like" or "thread-like", referring to the tips of the sepals. [3]

Distribution and habitat

Horts' styphelia grows in heath and woodland on sand in a small area south-west of York, on the eastern Darling Range, in the Jarrah Forest bioregion of south-western Western Australia. [2]

Conservation status

Styphelia capillaris is listed as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Styphelia capillaris". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  2. 1 2 3 "Styphelia capillaris". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 Hislop, Michael C.; Puente-Lelievre, Caroline (2020). "Styphelia capillaris (Ericaceae: Epacridoideae: Styphelieae), a formal name for a Critically Endangered species from Wandoo National Park". Nuytsia. 31: 147–150. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
  4. ↑ "Styphelia capillaris". APNI. Retrieved 2 September 2023.
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