Sannantha tozerensis
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| Sannantha tozerensis | |
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| In Mount Annan Botanic Garden | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Sannantha |
| Species: | S. tozerensis |
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| Sannantha tozerensis | |
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Sannantha tozerensis is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area of Cape York Peninsula in north Queensland. It is a shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and white flowers arranged in groups of three or seven in leaf axils.
Sannantha tozerensis is a shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in) and has grey, scaly bark. Its leaves are elliptic to egg-shaped, the narrower end towards the base, 7.2–11.5 mm (0.28–0.45 in) long and 3.0–6.5 mm (0.12–0.26 in) wide on a yellow petiole 1.5–1.8 mm (0.059–0.071 in) long. The flowers are up to 9.5 mm (0.37 in) in diameter and arranged in groups of three or seven in leaf axils on a peduncle 5.0–11.4 mm (0.20–0.45 in) long. Each flower is on a pedicel 3.5–5.0 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long with many bracteoles at the base, but that fall off as the flowers develop. The floral tube is about 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the sepals about 0.8 mm (0.031 in) long and thin. The petals are white, more or less round, 3.0–3.5 mm (0.12–0.14 in) in diameter and there are 10 to 12 stamens. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a hemispherical capsule about 2 mm (0.079 in) long.[2]