Streptoglossa odora is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a spreading, perennial herb with pink or bluish-purple flowers. It grows in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Streptoglossa |
| Species: | S. odora
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Description
editStreptoglossa odora is an upright perennial herb to 60 cm (24 in) high. The leaves and branches are strongly fragrant, and covered with soft, weak, separated thin hairs to long, soft hairs and thickly glandular. The leaves of the larger branches are oblong-lance shaped, occasionally linear-shaped, 15–55 mm (0.59–2.17 in) long, 4–15 mm (0.16–0.59 in) wide, decurrent at the base, margins smooth or toothed and pointed at the apex. The pink or blue-purple "flowers" are scattered on variable length branches, and florets in a group of mostly 15-30. Flowering occurs from July to August and the fruit is dry, one-seeded, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and covered in silky, flattened hairs.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editStreptoglossa odora was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller as Pluchea odora.[4] In 1981 Clyde Robert Dunlop changed the name to Streptoglossa odora and the description was published in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden.[5][6] The specific epithet (odora) means "fragrant".[7]
Distribution and habitat
editThis streptoglossa grows in open areas of woodland and scrubland on sandy clay as well as saline depressions in northern Australia from the Kimberley to the Northern Territory into western and central Queensland.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Streptoglossa odora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ a b Dunlop, C.R; Orchard, A.E (1992). Flora of Australia 37 Asteraceae 1 (1st ed.). Canberra: ABRS. p. 426. ISBN 9781486304165.
- ^ Dunlop, C.R. (1981). "Streptoglossa odora". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 3 (2): 172. JSTOR 23872234. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Pluchea odora". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
- ^ "Streptoglossa macrocephala". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Dunlop, C.R. (1981). "Streptoglossa odora". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden. 3 (2): 176. Retrieved 4 July 2022.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 273. ISBN 9780958034180.
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