Spyridium waterhousei
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| Spyridium waterhousei | |
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| In the Australian National Botanic Gardens | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Spyridium |
| Species: | S. waterhousei |
| Binomial name | |
| Spyridium waterhousei | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
Spyridium waterhousei is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island in South Australia. It is an erect, slightly sticky shrub with linear leaves and heads of hairy flowers with three brown bracts at the base.
Spyridium waterhousei is an erect, slightly sticky shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 5 m (16 ft). It has linear leaves 10–15 mm (0.39–0.59 in) long, the edges rolled under and the lower surface silky-hairy. The flowers heads are arranged in cymes usually with up to 3 sessile flowers each with 2 or 3 egg-shaped or lance-shaped brown bracts at the base and felty-hairy floral leaves. The flowers are top-shaped, about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with a prominent, wavy disk above the ovary.[2][3][4]