Philotheca fitzgeraldii
| Philotheca fitzgeraldii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Philotheca |
| Species: | P. fitzgeraldii
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| Binomial name | |
| Philotheca fitzgeraldii (
Paul G.Wilson[1] | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Philotheca fitzgeraldii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect, compact or spreading shrub with cylindrical, glandular-warty leaves and white flowers arranged singly in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets.
Description
Philotheca fitzgeraldii is an erect, compact or spreading shrub that grows to a height of 30–60 cm (12–24 in) with minutely hairy branchlets. The leaves are more or less cylindrical, glandular-warty, 35–50 mm (1.4–2.0 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide and channelled on the upper surface. The flowers are borne singly in leaf axils and on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. There are five leathery, semi-circular sepals about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and five egg-shaped white petals about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The ten stamens are glabrous. Flowering occurs from June to October and the fruit is about 3.5 mm (0.14 in) long and beaked.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
This philotheca was first formally described in 1904 by
Distribution and habitat
Philotheca fitzgeraldii grows in heath and woodland between
Conservation status
This species is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife,[3]
References
- ^ a b "Philotheca fitzgeraldii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ a b Wilson, Paul G.; Wilson, Annette J.G. (ed.) (2013). Flora of Australia (Volume 26). Canberra: Australian Biological Resources Study. p. 411. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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- ^ Andrews, Cecil P.R. (1904). "Additions to the West Australian Flora". Journal of the West Australian Natural History Society. 2 (1): 37–38. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Eriostemon fitzgeraldii". APNI. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ "Philotheca fitzgeraldii". APNI. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
- ^ Wilson, Paul G. (1998). "A Taxonomic Review of the genera Eriostemon and Philotheca". Nuytsia. 12 (2): 261. Retrieved 4 August 2020.