Spyridium cinereum
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| Spyridium cinereum | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. cinereum |
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| Spyridium cinereum | |
Spyridium cinereum, commonly known as tiny spiridium,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a low-lying shrub with heart-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and heads of whitish, shaggy-hairy flowers with brown bracts at the base of the heads.
Spyridium cinereum is a low-lying shrub or subshrub that typically grows to a height of 10–50 cm (3.9–19.7 in). The leaves are heart-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) long and 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) wide with a small point in the centre of the notch. Both surfaces of the leaves are woolly-hairy, especially the upper surface, and the edges of the leaves are rolled under. The heads of flowers are arranged on the ends of branches, each with a leaf and several brown bracts at the base, the head in flattish umbels about 10 mm (0.39 in) in diameter. The sepals are about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, the petals whitish, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and shaggy-hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is a capsule about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) long.[2][3][4]