Cyphanthera odgersii
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| ( F.Muell. ) Haegi |
Cyphanthera odgersii is a plant type from the genus cyphanthera in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Cyphanthera odgersii is a grayish shrub that can grow to a height of 2.5 m . Its branches are woolly-tomentose, the hair consists mainly of unbranched, non-glandular trichomes , between which there are some glandular trichomes. The leaves are broad to narrowly ovate-elliptical and almost sessile. They are 11 to 35 mm long and 7 to 13 mm wide and are hairy woolly and tomentose.
The inflorescences are dense groups that often form leafy ears . The flowers are on 0.5 to 2 mm long peduncles . The calyx is 4 to 7 mm long and is hairy in the lower half, above it is woolly hair. The crown is 5.5 to 8.5 mm long and sparsely hairy on the outside, densely hairy on the inside. It is colored white and has purple stripes. The corolla lobes are ovate to broadly ovate and 1.3 to 2.5 mm long. The stamens are 1.3 to 3 mm long.
The fruit is an elliptical to egg-shaped capsule with a length of 3 to 5 mm. The seeds are 2.8 to 3.4 mm long.
Distribution and locations
The species is distributed over a wide area in southern Western Australia , but is rare. It can be found on sand plains and sand dunes.
Systematics
Two subspecies are distinguished within the species:
- Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. odgersii
- Cyphanthera odgersii subsp. occidentalis Haegi
They differ in the shape of the foliage leaves and the corolla lobes: In the subspecies odgersii , the foliage leaves are one to twice as long as they are wide and the corolla lobes are 2 to 2.5 mm long, in the subspecies occidentialis, however, the leaves are 2,3 to 4 times as long as wide, the corolla lobes are 1.3 to 1.8 mm long.
proof
- RW Purdie, DE Symon and L. Haegi: Cyphanthera odgersii . In: Solanaceae , Flora of Australia, Volume 29, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1982. pp. 27-28. ISBN 0-642-07015-6 .