Dicrastylis linearifolia

Dicrastylis linearifolia is a species of plant within the genus, Dicrastylis, in the family Lamiaceae.[4] It is endemic to Western Australia.[4]

Dicrastylis linearifolia

Priority Three — Poorly Known Taxa (DEC)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Dicrastylis
Species:
D. linearifolia
Binomial name
Dicrastylis linearifolia
Munir[2][3]

Description

Dicrastylis linearifolia is a many branched shrub, growing from 1 m to 3 m high, on red sands, on sandplains. Its stems are roughly circular in cross section, and have no peltate scales. The opposite and entire leaves are 15-40 mm long by 2-6 mm wide, whose upper surfaces have branched (dendritic) hairs. There are no bracteoles, but there are bracts which are 0.7-1. mm long. The flower stalks are 2.5-3.5 mm long, and have dendritic hairs, and peltate scale hairs. The calyx has five lobes (1-1.7 mm long), and is covered in dendritic hairs, and the white to cream corolla is 4.5-6.5 mm long, with no dots or stripes in its throat. There are five stamens. Flowers may be seen from November to December.[1]

It is found in Beard's Eremaean and South-West Provinces.[1]

Taxonomy

It was first described by Ahmad Abid Munir in 1978 as Dicrastylis linearifolia.[2][3] There are no synonyms.[4]

References
  1. "Dicrastylis linearifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  2. "Dicrastylis linearifolia". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  3. Munir, A.A. (1978). "Taxonomic revision of Chloanthaceae trib. Physopsideae". Brunonia. 1 (4): 468–470, Fig. 7, Map 4. doi:10.1071/BRU9780407. ISSN 0313-4245. Wikidata Q55756057.
  4. Govaerts, R., et. al. "Plants of the World online: Dicrastylis linearifolia Munir". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2020. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
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