Darwinia helichrysoides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Myrtales
Family: Myrtaceae
Genus: Darwinia
Species:
D. helichrysoides
Binomial name
Darwinia helichrysoides
Occurrence data from AVH
Synonyms[1]

Genetyllis helichrysoides Meisn.

Darwinia helichrysoides is a species of flowering plant in the myrtle family Myrtaceae and is endemic to a small area in south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with linear leaves and drooping heads of about 4 red and green flowers surrounded by many glabrous bracts.

Description

Darwinia helichrysoides is a slender, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–50 cm (7.9–19.7 in). Its leaves are linear, spreading, triangular to round in cross-section, 4–6.5 mm (0.16–0.26 in) long. The flowers are arranged in groups of about 4 surrounded by many red and green, egg-shaped to lance-shaped bracts forming an involucre nearly 25 mm (0.98 in) long. The sepals are more than 6 mm (0.24 in) long and joined at the base but without prominent ribs and the petals are about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. Flowering occurs from August to November.[2][3][4]

Taxonomy

This species was first formally described in 1857 by Carl Meissner, who gave it the name Genetyllis helichrysoides in th Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany, from specimens collected by James Drummond.[4][5] In 1865, George Bentham changed the name to Darwinia helichrysoides in the Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany.[6] The specific epithet (helichrysoides ) means "Helichrysum-like".[7]

Distribution and habitat

Darwinia helichrysoides is found in the uplands in a small area between Coorow and Dandaragan where the Geraldton Sandplain meets the Swan Coastal Plain where it grows in gravelly lateritic soils.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Darwinia helichrysoides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Darwinia helichrysoides". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 10. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  4. 1 2 Meisner, Carl D.F. (1857). "On some new species of Chamaelauciae". Journal of the Proceedings of the Linnean Society, Botany. 1: 37–38. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  5. ↑ "Genetyllis helichrysoides". APNI. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  6. ↑ "Darwinia helichrysoides". APNI. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
  7. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 215. ISBN 9780958034180.
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