Biology:Streptoglossa liatroides
| Wertaloona daisy | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Streptoglossa |
| Species: | S. liatroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Streptoglossa liatroides (Turcz.) Dunlop[1]
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Streptoglossa liatroides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a low, spreading or upright perennial herb with pink or red to purple flowers. It grows in South Australia, New South Wales, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.
Description
Streptoglossa liatroides is a short-lived, upright or with prostrate stems, annual or perennial herb growing to about 50 cm (20 in) high, and sparsely branched. The leaves and branches are faintly fragrant, and covered with soft, weak, separated thin hairs and glandular. The leaves are oblong-lance shaped or spoon-shaped, 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long, 2–15 mm (0.079–0.591 in) wide, gradually narrowing at the base, margins smooth or toothed and rounded or pointed at the apex. The "flowers" are borne singly on branches at least 30 mm (1.2 in) long, florets in a group of 50-190, corolla 6–9 mm (0.24–0.35 in) long, glandular and with 5 lobes. Flowering occurs from April to November and the fruit is dry, one-seeded, 2.5–4 mm (0.098–0.157 in) long, ribbed, thickly or sparsely covered in silky, flattened hairs.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy and naming
Streptoglossa liatroides was first described by Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow as Erigeron liatroides.[5] In 1981 Clyde Robert Dunlop changed the name to Streptoglossa liatroides and the description was published in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden.[6][7] The specific epithet (liatroides) means like the genus Liatris.[8]
Distribution and habitat
Wertaloona daisy grows in a variety of soils including coastal limestone, and sometimes on stony flats near sand dunes.[3][9]
References
- ↑ "Streptoglossa liatroides". Australian Plant Census. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/92561.
- ↑ Dunlop, C.R; Orchard, A.E (1992). Flora of Australia 37 Asteraceae 1 (1st ed.). Canberra: ABRS. p. 427. ISBN 9781486304165.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Porteners, M.F.. "Streptoglossa liatroides". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Streptoglossa~liatroides.
- ↑ Busby, John. "Streptoglossa liatroides". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment. https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Streptoglossa%20liatroides.
- ↑ "Erigeron liatroides". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/73262/api/apni-format.
- ↑ "Streptoglossa liatroides". Australian Plant Name Index. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/515268.
- ↑ Dunlop, C.R. (1981). "Streptoglossa liatroides". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Garden 3 (2): 176. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/515268. Retrieved 29 June 2022.
- ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 247. ISBN 9780958034180.
- ↑ "Streptoglosa liatroides". Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/8238.
Wikidata ☰ Q15554598 entry
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