Eriostemon banksii
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| Eriostemon banksii | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Eriostemon |
| Species: | E. banksii |
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| Eriostemon banksii | |
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Eriostemon banksii is a species of flowering plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub or small tree with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and scattered white flowers with five petals and ten stamens.
Eriostemon banksii is a shrub or small tree that typically grows to a height of up to 6 m (20 ft) and has hairy branchlets. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic or broadly elliptic, 30–60 mm (1.2–2.4 in) long, 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) wide, and thin. The flowers are few in number, borne on a pedicel 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long with broadly egg-shaped, warty sepals 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) long with silvery scaly hairs. The petals are white, elliptic, about 7 mm (0.28 in) long and covered with silvery, star-shaped hairs. Flowering mainly occurs from April to September.[2][3]