Homoranthus prolixus
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| Granite homoranthus | |
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| Homoranthus prolixus in the ANBG | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Homoranthus |
| Species: | H. prolixus |
| Binomial name | |
| Homoranthus prolixus | |
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| Occurrence data from AVH | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Homoranthus bornhardtiensis J.T.Hunter | |
Homoranthus prolixus, commonly known as granite homoranthus[2] is a flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to northern New South Wales. It is a spreading shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and groups of up to six yellow to red flowers in the upper leaf axils.
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Homoranthus prolixus is a spreading shrub to 0.8 m (2 ft 7 in) high with a mostly ascending growth habit, and branches that arch upwards at the apex. The dull, blue-green leaves have a whitish bloom, decussate, linear to oblong-lance shaped, 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long, 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide, upper surface flat or occasionally concave, more or less smooth and gradually tapering to a point on a petiole 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long. The one to six yellow to red flowers are borne on upper branches, about 5 mm (0.20 in) long, petals broadly egg-shaped, 0.8–1.5 mm (0.031–0.059 in) long, floral tube five ribbed, smooth, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long, style 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, and the peduncle 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to December and fruits from September to January.[3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Homoranthus prolixus was first formally described in 1991 by Lyndley Craven and S.R.Jones and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[6][7] The specific epithet (prolixus) is a Latin word meaning "stretched out" or "long".[8]