Cyphanthera tasmanica
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Cyphanthera tasmanica is a plant type from the genus cyphanthera in the family of the nightshade family (Solanaceae).
description
Cyphanthera tasmanica is an upright, gray-green shrub with a height of up to 4 m. The twigs are hairy densely to moderately grainy and tomentose, the hair consists of star-shaped to tree-shaped, non-glandular trichomes , between which there are some scattered glandular trichomes. The leaves are elliptical, almost sessile, tomentose and usually 15 to 30 mm long and 4 to 9 mm wide, but sometimes they can be larger.
The inflorescences are panicle-shaped , dense and leafy. The flowers are on 2 to 9 mm long peduncles , the calyx reaches lengths of 3.5 to 7 mm and is tomentose. The crown is creamy-white in color and has purple stripes, it is hairy and 10 to 15 mm long. The corolla lobes are oval-cut and 5 to 9 mm long. The stamens reach a length of 2 to 4 mm.
The fruit is a more or less spherical capsule with a diameter of 4 to 5 mm. It contains seeds 2.5 to 3.5 mm in length.
Distribution and locations
The species is a rare endemic that occurs on the east coast of Tasmania and the islands in front of it. The plants are found in steep, rocky, and exposed locations along the coast.
proof
- RW Purdie, DE Symon and L. Haegi: Cyphanthera tasmanica . In: Solanaceae , Flora of Australia, Volume 29, Australian Government Publishing Service, Canberra, 1982. p. 25. ISBN 0-642-07015-6 .