Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum

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Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malvales
Family: Malvaceae
Genus: Lasiopetalum
Species:
L. ferraricollinum
Binomial name
Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum

Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an upright shrub with densely hairy stems, narrow egg-shaped to oblong leaves and white to cream-coloured and dark red flowers.

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Description

Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum is an upright shrub typically 0.25–1 m (1–3 ft) high and wide, its stems covered with rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs, at least when young. The leaves are narrow egg-shaped to oblong, 25–70 mm (1.0–2.8 in) long and 5–15 mm (0.2–0.6 in) wide on a petiole 5–20 mm (0.2–0.8 in) long. The leaves are densely covered with white or rust-coloured, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups of mostly five to nine on rusty-hairy peduncle 10–27 mm (0.4–1.1 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 0.7–1 mm (0.03–0.04 in) long with an oblong bracts 1.4–3 mm (0.06–0.12 in) long at the base. There are three bracteoles 2–6 mm (0.08–0.24 in) long at the base of the sepals, the sepal lobes 5.0–6.5 mm (0.20–0.26 in) long, white to cream-coloured and densely hairy on the back. The five petals are dark red, 0.5–0.8 mm (0.02–0.03 in) long and the stamens have red and cream anthers. Flowering occurs from August to October. [2] [3]

Taxonomy

Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum was first formally described in 2007 by Eleanor Marion Bennett and Kelly Anne Shepherd in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected near Forrestiana. [4] The specific epithet (ferraricollinum) is derived from Latin words meaning "pertaining to iron" and "living on low hills", referring to the ironstone hills where this species grows. [3]

Distribution and habitat

This lasiopetalum grows in mallee shrubland on ironstone and laterite hills in the Coolgardie and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia. [2] [3]

Conservation status

Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum is listed as "not threatened" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. [2]

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References

  1. "Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 "Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. 1 2 3 Bennett, Eleanor M.; Shepherd, Kelly A. (2007). "Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum (Malvaceae s. lat.: Lasiopetaleae), a new species from the ironstone hills near Forrestania, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17: 67–72. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
  4. "Lasiopetalum ferraricollinum". APNI. Retrieved 15 February 2022.