Andersonia setifolia
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| Andersonia setifolia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Ericales |
| Family: | Ericaceae |
| Genus: | Andersonia |
| Species: | A. setifolia |
| Binomial name | |
| Andersonia setifolia | |
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Andersonia setifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a low-lying to erect, often cushion-forming shrub with usually linear to pointed lance-shaped leaves with a sheathing base, and red or white flowers.
Andersonia setifolia is a low-lying to erect, often cushion-forming shrub that typically grows to a height of 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in). Its leaves are erect to spreading, linear to pointed lance-shaped, mostly 1–7 mm (0.039–0.276 in) long, 0.25–1.5 mm (0.0098–0.0591 in) wide. The flowers are arranged in groups of mostly four to ten with pointed bracts. The sepals are lance-shaped, mostly 2–7 mm (0.079–0.276 in) long and usually hairy. The petals are red or white, forming a tube longer than the sepals, with lobes about as the petal tube and bearded inside. The stamens are about the same length as the petal tube, the anthers 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long but less than half as long as the filaments.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Andersonia setifolia was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in his Flora Australiensis from specimens collected at Collie and King George Sound.[2][4][5] The specific epithet (setifolia) means 'bristle-leaved'.[6]