Scholtzia capitata
Scholtzia capitata | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Rosids |
Order: | Myrtales |
Family: | Myrtaceae |
Genus: | Scholtzia |
Species: | S. capitata
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Binomial name | |
Scholtzia capitata |
Scholtzia capitata is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]
The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2.5 metres (1.0 to 8.2 ft). It blooms between July and December producing pink-white flowers.[1] The plant has little foliage and are used as a bunched cut flower.[2]
It is found in undulating terrain and in winter wet depressions in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils.[1]
The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 in the work Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. in Flora Australiensis. The only synonym is Baeckea capitata as described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1882 in Systematic Census of Australian Plants.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Scholtzia capitata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Tiny Myrtaceae". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
- ^ "Scholtzia capitata Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 April 2017.