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Stackhousia spathulata (Stackhousia spathulata)

Description

Native, cool season, perennial, hairless herb to 50 cm tall. Stems are procumbent to ascending. Leaves are oblanceolate to spathulate, thick, 15�30 mm long and 2.5�15 mm wide. Flowerheads are dense cylindrical spikes. Flowers are subsessile and white; the tube is 6�7 mm long and lobes 4�5 mm long. Flowering is from early spring to summer. Grows in heath and dry sclerophyll forest in sandy regions, often near beaches or lagoons.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Celastrales

            • Family: Celastraceae

              • Genus: Stackhousia