Stenanthemum leucophractum
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| Stenanthemum leucophractum | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Rosales |
| Family: | Rhamnaceae |
| Genus: | Stenanthemum |
| Species: | S. leucophractum |
| Binomial name | |
| Stenanthemum leucophractum | |
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Stenanthemum leucophractum, commonly known as rusty poison, white cryptandra or white stenanthemum,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub or subshrub with softly-hairy young stems, egg-shaped to fan-shaped leaves and heads of white or yellowish flowers surrounded by white, felt-like floral leaves.
Stenanthemum leucophractum is a soft, spreading shrub or subshrub that typically grows to a height of 25–40 cm (9.8–15.7 in), its branchlets covered with woolly, rust-coloured hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped to heart-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to spatula-shaped, 3–10 mm (0.12–0.39 in) long and 2.5–8 mm (0.098–0.315 in) wide, with linear stipules 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and joined together at the base. Both surfaces of the leaves are covered with whitish or rust-coloured hairs. The flowers are white or yellowish, and arranged in sessile heads 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide, surrounded by small brown bracts and 2 or more whitish, felt-like floral leaves. The floral tube is 2.5–3.5 mm (0.098–0.138 in) long and 0.8–1 mm (0.031–0.039 in) wide, the sepals 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) long and the petals 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) long. Flowering occurs from September to December, and the fruit is an oval capsule 2.0–3.0 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long.[2][3][4][5][6]