Androcalva viscidula
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| Androcalva viscidula | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Androcalva |
| Species: | A. viscidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Androcalva viscidula | |
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Androcalva viscidula is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub that forms suckers, its new stems densely hairy, and has egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with irregular teeth on the edges, and groups of 22 to 28 white flowers.
Androcalva viscidula is a spreading shrub that typically grows to 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) high, 1–2 m (3 ft 3 in – 6 ft 7 in) wide, is sticky to touch and forms suckers, its new growth covered with star-shaped and red-tipped glandular hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, 10–110 mm (0.39–4.33 in) long and 10–55 mm (0.39–2.17 in) wide on a petiole 3–12 mm (0.12–0.47 in) long with narrowly triangular stipules 3–9 mm (0.12–0.35 in) long at the base. The edges of the leaves sometimes have irregular teeth, and both surfaces of the leaves are covered with star-shaped and glandular hairs. The flowers are arranged in cymes of 22 to 28, 35–80 mm (1.4–3.1 in) long on a peduncle 6–35 mm (0.24–1.38 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 4–7 mm (0.16–0.28 in) long, with lance-shaped bracts 3–7 mm (0.12–0.28 in) long at the base. The flowers are white, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) in diameter with 5 petal-like sepals covered with star-shaped and glandular hairs. The petals are white to cream-coloured with three lobes, the centre lobe spatula-shaped and the side lobes form a cup around the anthers. Flowering occurs from August to February.[2][3][4]