Spyridium leucopogon
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| Spyridium leucopogon | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. leucopogon |
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| Spyridium leucopogon | |
Spyridium leucopogon, commonly known as silvery spyridium,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia. It is a small, slender shrub with narrowly linear leaves, and heads of woolly, white flowers.
Spyridium leucopogon is a small, slender shrub with more or less erect, sometimes crowded, narrowly linear leaves 3–6 mm (0.12–0.24 in) long and 0.5–0.75 mm (0.020–0.030 in) wide. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous, the edges of the leaves are rolled under obscuring the lower surface, and there is a small, down-turned point on the tip. The heads of "flowers" are 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide and surrounded by two or three woolly-white floral leaves. Flowering occurs from September to February.[2]