Cryptandra ciliata
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| Cryptandra ciliata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptandra |
| Species: | C. ciliata |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptandra ciliata | |
Cryptandra ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with clustered linear leaves and densely-hairy, white, tube-shaped flowers.
Cryptandra ciliata is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 50 cm (20 in), its branchlets hairy at first but soon glabrous. Its leaves are linear and clustered, mostly 1.7–2.6 mm (0.067–0.102 in) long and 0.4–0.5 mm (0.016–0.020 in) wide on a petiole 0.1–0.2 mm (0.0039–0.0079 in) long, with stipules 1.3–1.8 mm (0.051–0.071 in) long at the base. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and the edges are rolled under, usually obscuring most of the lower surface. The flowers are white and borne singly in leaf axils, sometimes forming clusters of up to 10 near the ends of branchlets, each flower with 7 to 10 bracts at the base. The floral tube is 0.7–1.2 mm (0.028–0.047 in) long, the sepals 1.5–2.2 mm (0.059–0.087 in) long and densely covered with both simple and star-shaped hairs. The petals are 0.7–0.8 mm (0.028–0.031 in) long, forming a hood over the stamens 0.5–0.7 mm (0.020–0.028 in) long. Flowering occurs from May to August, and the fruit is brown and 2.7–3.0 mm (0.11–0.12 in) long.[2][3]