Cryptandra hispidula
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| Cryptandra hispidula | |
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| In Cox Scrub Conservation Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Cryptandra |
| Species: | C. hispidula |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptandra hispidula | |
Cryptandra hispidula, commonly known as rough cryptandra,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a small shrub with clustered, cylindrical leaves, and tube-shaped white flowers surrounded by leafy bracts.
Cryptandra hispidula is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–30 cm (7.9–11.8 in), its branchlets covered with star-shaped hairs and rough. The leaves are clustered and more or less needle-shaped, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and about 0.5 mm (0.020 in) wide with the edges rolled under, concealing the lower surface. The flowers are sessile, arranged in clusters of up to 8 at the ends of branches and are white, tube-shaped, 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and surrounded by 4 or 5 hairy brown bracts about half as long as the floral tube. The sepals are 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long and silky-hairy, the style nearly as long as the floral tube. Flowering occurs in most months.[2][3]