Cyphanthera microphylla
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Cyphanthera microphylla is a plant type from the genus cyphanthera in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Cyphanthera microphylla is a round growing dwarf shrub with a stature height of up to 40 cm. The branches are sparsely hairy, the hairiness consists mainly of simple, glandular and non-glandular, sticky trichomes that are sloping. The leaves are broadly ovate to narrowly ovate, elliptical or elongated. They are sessile, 1 to 2 mm long and 0.6 to 1 mm wide, sparsely hairy and sticky. Leaves on young plants are larger, thick, and leathery.
The flowers are single or in zyme-shaped groups of up to six flowers. The flower stalks are 3 to 10 mm long. The calyx is 2 to 3 mm long and hairy. The crown is 7 to 11 mm long and hairless or sparsely hairy on the outside. It is white in color, yellowish in the almost open buds and provided with purple stripes. The corolla lobes are ovate to broadly ovate and 2.5 to 6 mm long. The stamens are 2 to 4 mm long.
The fruit is an egg-shaped to almost spherical capsule that is about 3.5 mm long. The seeds are 1.5 to 2.7 mm long.
Distribution and locations
The species is a moderately widened endemic species from the drier parts of southwestern Western Australia . The locations have a sandy soil and are in the Mallee or in the bushland, often in disturbed habitats. They are especially common after a fire.
proof
- RW Purdie, DE Symon, L. Haegi: Cyphanthera microphylla. In: Solanaceae , Flora of Australia, Volume 29, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra 1982. p. 25. ISBN 0-642-07015-6 .
