Thryptomene elliottii
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| Thryptomene elliottii | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Thryptomene |
| Species: | T. elliottii |
| Binomial name | |
| Thryptomene elliottii | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Thryptomene whiteae J.M.Black | |
Thryptomene elliottii is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to southern central Australia. It is a shrub with decussate, egg-shaped to club-shaped leaves and pink or white flowers with five petals and five stamens.
Thryptomene elliottii is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m (1 ft 0 in – 4 ft 11 in). Its leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, decussate, club-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and about 1 mm (0.039 in) wide on a short petiole. The flowers are usually arranged singly in leaf axils, crowded amongst the leaves along 4–5 mm (0.16–0.20 in) of the branches, each flower on a peduncle about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The five sepals and petals are white or pink, more or less round and 1 mm (0.039 in) long. There are five stamens opposite the sepals. Flowering occurs from April to October.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy
Thryptomene elliottii was first formally described in 1875 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by Ernest Giles.[5][6] The specific epithet (elliottii) honours William Elliott, a horticultural writer of the period.[7]