Lechenaultia divaricata
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| Tangled leschenaultia | |
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| In the Poeppel Corner region of Queensland | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Lechenaultia |
| Species: | L. divaricata |
| Binomial name | |
| Lechenaultia divaricata | |
Lechenaultia divaricata, commonly known as tangled leschenaultia, wirenetting bush or wirebush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to arid and semi-arid areas of central Australia.
Lechenaultia divaricata is an erect subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to 100 cm (39 in) and has many spreading branches and glabrous foliage. The leaves are reduced to scattered, membrane-like, triangular scales 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets, the sepals 1.5–2.0 mm (0.059–0.079 in) long. The petals are creamy-white to yellow, 13–20 mm (0.51–0.79 in) long, the wings on the lower petal lobes triangular, 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) wide and fringed, on the upper lobes up to 0.4 mm (0.016 in) wide. Flowering occurs sporadically throughout the year and the fruit is a cylindrical capsule 9–32 mm (0.35–1.26 in) long.[3][4][5][6]