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Styphelia prostrata

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Species of plant

Styphelia prostrata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Ericales
Family: Ericaceae
Genus: Styphelia
Species: S. prostrata
Binomial name
Styphelia prostrata
(R.Br.) Spreng.
Synonyms
  • Astroloma prostratum R.Br.

Styphelia prostrata is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading or prostrate shrub with linear leaves and red, tube-shaped flowers that are bearded inside.

Description

Styphelia prostrata is a low, spreading or prostrate shrub that has many ascending or erect branches that are covered with soft hairs. Its leaves are linear to lance-shaped, less than 12 mm (0.47 in) long, tapering to a short, fine point. The flowers have bracteoles less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long the base. The sepals are 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long, the petals red and joined at the base, forming a tube about 8.5 mm (0.33 in) long, with lobes 4 mm (0.16 in) long and bearded inside.

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown, who gave it the name Astroloma prostratum in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller transferred the species to Styphelia as S. prostrata in his Systematic Census of Australian Plants. The specific epithet, prostrata means "prostrate" or "lying along the ground".

Distribution

This styphelia is found in the Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

Conservation status

Styphelia prostrata is listed as "not threatened", by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

References

  1. ^ "Styphelia prostrata". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
  2. Bentham, George (1868). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 4. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 154. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. "Astroloma prostratum". APNI. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  4. Brown, R. (1810). Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802-1805. p. 538.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 284. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. ^ "Styphelia prostrata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Taxon identifiers
Styphelia prostrata
Astroloma prostratum
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