Teucrium myriocladum

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Teucrium myriocladum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Teucrium
Species:
T. myriocladum
Binomial name
Teucrium myriocladum

Teucrium myriocladum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with small, hairy leaves and creamy-green flowers.

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Description

Teucrium myriocladum is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–30 cm (3.9–11.8 in) with stems that are square in cross-section. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) long, about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and covered with glandular hairs. The flowers are borne in leaf axils near the ends of branches on a pedicel 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long with bracts 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long. The five sepals are 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long and joined at the base. The petals are creamy-green, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) long with a pouch on the middle lobe, and there are four stamens. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December, usually following rain. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

Teucrium myriocladum was formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie . [4] [5] The specific epithet (myriocladum) means "countless branches". [6]

Distribution and habitat

This germander grows on plains and flats in open mallee woodland near Esperance in the south-west of Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Teucrium myriocladum is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. [2]

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References

  1. "Teucrium myriocladum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  2. 1 2 3 "Teucrium myriocladum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. 1 2 Archer, William R. "Teucrium myriocladum - Lamiaceae". Esperance Wildflowers. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  4. 1 2 Diels, Ludwig (1904). "Teucrium in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis". Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie. 35 (4): 530. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. "Teucrium myriocladum". APNI. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  6. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 258. ISBN   9780958034180.