Phebalium speciosum
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| Phebalium speciosum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Rutaceae |
| Genus: | Phebalium |
| Species: | P. speciosum |
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| Phebalium speciosum | |
Phebalium speciosum is a species of shrub that is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It has branchlets covered with rust-coloured scales, lance-shaped to narrow elliptical leaves covered with silvery and rust-coloured scales, and umbels of white to pale pink flowers with silvery or rust-coloured scales on the back of the petals.
Phebalium speciosum is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 3 m (9.8 ft) and has branchlets covered with rust-coloured scales. Its leaves are lance-shaped to narrow elliptical, 25–84 mm (0.98–3.31 in) long and 7.5–22 mm (0.30–0.87 in) wide on a petiole 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green with silvery scales and the lower surface is covered with silvery and rust-coloured scales. The flowers are arranged in sessile umbels of four to eight flowers on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a scaly pedicel 7.5–10 mm (0.30–0.39 in) long. The sepals are joined at the base to form a cup-shaped calyx 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) long and wide, covered with silvery or rust-coloured scales. The petals are white to pale pink, egg-shaped to elliptical, 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide and scaly on the back. Flowering occurs from June to August or in February.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy and naming
Phebalium speciosum was first formally described in 2013 by Ian Telford in the journal Telopea from specimens collected near Urbenville in 2007.[4][6]