Lechenaultia ovata

Lechenaultia ovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the Northern Territory. It is a perennial herb with rather fleshy, egg-shaped leaves, and white flowers.

Lechenaultia ovata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Goodeniaceae
Genus: Lechenaultia
Species:
L. ovata
Binomial name
Lechenaultia ovata
D.A.Morrison[1]

Description

Lechenaultia lutescens is a glabrous, perennial herb up to 10 cm (3.9 in) high and 15 cm (5.9 in) wide with many more or less erect stems. The leaves are egg-shaped, rather fleshy, 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in) long and 1.6–2.0 mm (0.063–0.079 in) wide. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of stems, the lower sepal lobes 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and the upper lobes 1 mm (0.039 in) longer than the others. The petals are white, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, the upper lobes erect with very narrow wings, the lower lobes spreading with wings 0.7–0.8 mm (0.028–0.031 in) wide. Flowering occurs sporadically, and the fruit is 22–28 mm (0.87–1.10 in) long.[2][3]

Taxonomy

Lechenaultia ovata was first formally described in 1988 by David A. Morrison in the journal Telopea from specimens collected near Jabiru by Lyndley Craven in 1973.[3][4] The specific epithet (ovata) means "wider below the middle".[5]

Distribution and habitat

This leschenaultia grows with sedges in sandy depressions in a few places on the Top End of the Northern Territory.[2][6]

Conservation status

This leschenaultia is listed as of "least concern" under the Northern Territory Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 1976.[6]

References
  1. "Lechenaultia ovata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. Morrison, David A. "Lechenaultia ovata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  3. Morrison, David A. (1988). "Notes on the fruits of Lechenaultia (Goodeniaceae), with a new species from northern Australia". Telopea. 3 (2): 164–166. doi:10.7751/telopea19884804. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  4. "Lechenaultia ovata". APNI. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 268. ISBN 9780958034180.
  6. "Lechenaultia ovata". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
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