Synaphea decumbens
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| Synaphea decumbens | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Synaphea |
| Species: | S. decumbens |
| Binomial name | |
| Synaphea decumbens | |
Synaphea decumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with low-lying branches, wedge-shaped to fan-shaped leaves and spikes of moderately crowded yellow flowers.
Synaphea decumbens is a shrub with low-lying stems up to 70 cm (28 in) and covered with soft, spreading hairs. The leaves are wedge-shaped to fan-shaped, 40–100 mm (1.6–3.9 in) long and 25–50 mm (0.98–1.97 in) wide on a petiole 10–40 mm (0.39–1.57 in) long, the end lobes more or less triangular. The flowers are yellow and borne in moderately crowded spikes 40–50 mm (1.6–2.0 in) long on a peduncle 50–100 mm (2.0–3.9 in) long. The perianth has a wide opening, the upper tepal 6.0–6.5 mm (0.24–0.26 in) long and 2.8 mm (0.11 in) wide and very convex, the lower tepal 5.0–5.5 mm (0.20–0.22 in) long. The stigma is oblong, expanded at the base and notched. Flowering occurs in September and October.[2][3]
Taxonomy
Synaphea decumbens was first formally described in 1995 by Alex George in the Flora of Australia from specimens he collected near Moorinup Lake in 1971.[2][4] The specific epithet (decumbens) means 'reclining'.[5]