Androcalva leichhardtii
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| Androcalva leichhardtii | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Androcalva |
| Species: | A. leichhardtii |
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| Androcalva leichhardtii | |
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Androcalva leichhardtii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to central Queensland. It is a small shrub with hairy new growth, wrinkled, egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with irregular serrations on the edges, and small groups of yellow flowers.
Androcalva leichhardtii is a small, open shrub that forms suckers and typically grows to 60 cm (24 in) high and wide, its new growth covered with fine, white, star-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to lance-shaped, 20–100 mm (0.79–3.94 in) long and 5–20 mm (0.20–0.79 in) wide on a petiole 4–12 mm (0.16–0.47 in) long with narrowly egg-shaped stipules 2–13 mm (0.079–0.512 in) long at the base. The edges of the leaves have irregular serrations, the leaf veins give the leaves a wrinkled appearance, and both surfaces are densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups of 2 to 5 on a peduncle 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 1–4 mm (0.039–0.157 in) long, with linear bracts 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) long at the base. The flowers are yellow and 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) in diameter with 5 petal-like sepals, the lobes 9–10 mm (0.35–0.39 in) long. The petals are bright yellow, 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long, the ligules with 3 lobes, the middle lobe egg-shaped and the side-lobes enveloping the stamens. Flowering occurs in March, June and November.[2]