Biology:Solanum ashbyae
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
| Solanum ashbyae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Solanales |
| Family: | Solanaceae |
| Genus: | Solanum |
| Species: | S. ashbyae
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| Binomial name | |
| Solanum ashbyae Symon, 1981
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Solanum ashbyae is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1] The specific epithet ashbyae honours botanical illustrator and plant collector Alison Ashby.[2]
Description
Its growth form is that of an erect shrub, 0.5–2.5 m in height. It produces blue to purple flowers from April to August.[1]
Distribution and habitat
It occurs on red sand or clay soils on rock outcrops and stony rises in the Gascoyne, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Solanum ashbyae". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6989.
- ↑ Robertson, Enid (2007). "Ashby, Alison Marjorie (1901–1987)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17 (MUP). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ashby-alison-marjorie-12151. Retrieved 2014-05-29.
- "Solanum ashbyae Symon". Atlas of Living Australia. https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2888550.
Wikidata ☰ Q17055283 entry
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