Lechenaultia filiformis

Lechenaultia filiformis is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and New Guinea. It is a grasslike, ascending herb with scattered, narrow, fleshy leaves and pale purple-blue to creamy-white, tube-shaped flowers.

Lechenaultia filiformis
Near Cardwell, Queensland
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Lechenaultia
Species:
L. filiformis
Binomial name
Lechenaultia filiformis
Synonyms[1]

Description

Lechenaultia filiformis is a grass-like, ascending herb with few branches and that typically grows to a height of up to 40 cm (16 in). Its leaves are scattered, 12.5–24 mm (0.49–0.94 in) long, narrow and fleshy. The flowers are arranged in loose clusters, the sepals 3.0–8.5 mm (0.12–0.33 in) long and the petals 11–18 mm (0.43–0.71 in) long, purple, pale blue or creamy-white, and joined at the base to form a white or yellow tube. The petal wings on the upper lobes are rounded, usually 0.5–2.5 mm (0.020–0.098 in) wide and on the lower lobes usually 1.3–3.5 mm (0.051–0.138 in) wide. Flowering occurs sporadically and the fruit is 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) long.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

Lechenaultia filiformis was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[5][6] The specific epithet (filiformis) means "thread-like".[7]

Distribution and habitat

This lechenaultia grows in spinifex grassland or in woodland from the Kimberley region of northern Western Australia through the north of the Northern Territory to the Cape York Peninsula in Queensland and the coast of New Guinea.[2][3][4]

References
  1. "Lechenaultia filiformis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  2. "Lechenaultia filiformis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  3. "Lechenaultia filiformis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  4. "Lechenaultia filiformis". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  5. "Lechenaultia filiformis". APNI. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  6. Brown, Robert (1810). Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen. London. p. 581. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
  7. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. pp. 198–199. ISBN 9780958034180.
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