Spyridium phlebophyllum
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| Spyridium phlebophyllum | |
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| Near Wilpena Pound | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. phlebophyllum |
| Binomial name | |
| Spyridium phlebophyllum | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Spyridium phlebophyllum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to South Australia. It is a low shrub with rigid, egg-shaped leaves, and heads of flowers with a velvety, white floral leaf.
Spyridium phlebophyllum is a low shrub with rigid, egg-shaped leaves, sometimes with the narrower end towards the base. The leaves are glabrous, 7–15 mm (0.28–0.59 in) long and covered with silky white hairs on the lower surface. The heads of "flowers" are more or less sessile, usually with a velvety white, floral leaf, the disk deeply divided into 5. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a silky, white oval capsule about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2]