Hemigenia teretiuscula

Hemigenia teretiuscula
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Hemigenia
Species:
H. teretiuscula
Binomial name
Hemigenia teretiuscula
Synonyms[1]

Hemigenia eutaxioides C.R.P.Andrews

Habit near Ravensthorpe

Hemigenia teretiuscula is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an upright, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in), the leaves about 1 mm (0.039 in) in diameter, more or less tapering cylindrical and somewhat sharply pointed. Flowering usually occurs from August to December and the flowers are bluish-purple.[2][3]

This species was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by George Maxwell.[4][3] The specific epithet (teretiuscula) means "somewhat terete".[5]

Hemigenia teretiuscula grows in gravelly or rocky soils or yellow sand in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia. It is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Hemigenia teretiuscula". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  2. ^ a b Paczkowska, Grazyna. "Brachyscome bellidioides". FloraBase-the Western Australia Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  3. ^ a b von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 6. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 111. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  4. ^ "Hemigenia teretiuscula". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
  5. ^ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780958034180.
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