Spyridium erymnocladum
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| Spyridium erymnocladum | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. erymnocladum |
| Binomial name | |
| Spyridium erymnocladum | |
Spyridium erymnocladum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a low, woody shrub with linear leaves, and heads of about seven woolly-hairy flowers.
Spyridium erymnocladum is a woody shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in), its branchlets and green parts covered with erect, straight or wavy hairs. Its leaves are linear, 3.5–6.5 mm (0.14–0.26 in) long and 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) wide with the edges rolled under, and dark brown, overlapping stipules 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long at the base. The flowers are borne in heads of about seven and are covered with erect hairs, each flower on a pedicel about 0.3 mm (0.012 in) long. The floral tube is 0.8 mm (0.031 in) long, the sepals 0.7 mm (0.028 in) long and the petals 0.5 mm (0.020 in) long.[2]