Thryptomene longifolia

Thryptomene longifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland areas of South Australia. It is a shrub with more or less needle-shaped leaves and pink flowers with five to eight petals and five to eight stamens.

Thryptomene longifolia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Thryptomene
Species:
T. longifolia
Binomial name
Thryptomene longifolia

Description

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Thryptomene longifolia is shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are more or less cylindrical, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long with a hooked tip, on a petiole about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are scattered along the branchlets singly or in groups of up to three on a peduncle about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The floral cup has five longitudinal ridges and the sepals are more or less round, pink, and about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The petals are also pink, elliptical, about the same length as the sepals and there are five to eight stamens. Flowering occurs around May.[2]

Taxonomy

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Thryptomene longifolia was first formally described in 1986 by John Green in the Flora of South Australia from specimens collected by T.R. Lothian near Tallaringa Well in 1967.[3] The specific epithet (longifolia) means "long-leaved".[4]

Distribution and habitat

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This thryptomene grows on red sand dunes in the north of South Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Thryptomene longifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  2. ^ a b "Thryptomene longifolia". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Thryptomene longifolia". APNI. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
  4. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780958034180.