Diplolaena obovata
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| Diplolaena obovata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Diplolaena |
| Species: | D. obovata |
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| Diplolaena obovata | |
Diplolaena obovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with yellow, green or red pendulous flowers. It is endemic to Western Australia.
Diplolaena obovata is a small upright shrub to 0.2–0.8 m (7.9 in – 2 ft 7.5 in) high, branchlets are more or less cylindrical, smooth and covered with scales or star-shaped hairs. The leaves are arranged opposite, egg-shaped, papery, 8–15 mm (0.31–0.59 in) wide, 10–22 mm (0.39–0.87 in) long, flat, smooth and covered sparsely with star-shaped hairs. The corolla is yellow, red or green with five overlapping petals 8–9 mm (0.31–0.35 in) long, hairy and surrounded by bracts on a pedicel 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long. Flowering occurs in May, June, August and September.[2]