Gunniopsis intermedia, commonly known as yellow salt star, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia.

Gunniopsis intermedia
Gunniopsis intermedia flower
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Gunniopsis
Species:
G. intermedia
Binomial name
Gunniopsis intermedia

The annual herb has an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of 1 to 30 centimetres (0.4 to 11.8 in) and form a mound up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) across. The leaves are 2 to 7 cm (0.8 to 2.8 in) long and 2 to 3 cm (0.8 to 1.2 in) wide.[1] It blooms from September to November producing yellow-white flowers.[2]

It is found around salt lakes and on saline flats in inland areas of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loam or clay soils.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ludwig Diels in 1904 in the work Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[3]

References

edit
  1. ^ Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenberg Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9781877058844.
  2. ^ a b "Gunniopsis intermedia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Gunniopsis intermedia Diels". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 January 2017.