Hemigenia cuneifolia
| Hemigenia cuneifolia | |
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| In Girraween National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Hemigenia |
| Species: | H. cuneifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Hemigenia cuneifolia | |
Hemigenia cuneifolia is a plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with oblong leaves arranged in whorls of three, and blue to mauve flowers.
Description
[edit]Hemigenia cuneifolia is a shrub that typically grows to a height of about 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in). The leaves are oblong, 15–30 mm (0.59–1.18 in) long, 2–4 mm (0.079–0.157 in) wide on a petiole 2–6 mm (0.079–0.236 in) long and arranged in whorls of three. The sepals are fused to form a tube 4–5.5 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long with five lobes that are shorter than the tube. The petals are blue to mauve, about 8 mm (0.31 in) long and fused to form a tube with two lips. There are four stamens, the lower two more or less sterile, and the style has two branches. Flowering mainly occurs from August to April.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
[edit]Hemigenia cuneifolia was first formally described in 1870 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis from specimens collected by William Woolls and Hermann Beckler.[4][5]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]Hemigenia cuneifolia grows in forest from south east Queensland to the Hill Top area of New South Wales and as far inland as the Pilliga Scrub.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hemigenia cuneifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ a b Conn, Barry J. "Hemigenia cuneifolia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ Conn, Barry J. "Hemigenia". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 10 November 2020.
- ^ "Hemigenia cuneifolia". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Bentham, George (1870). Flora Australiensis (Volume 5). Vol. 5. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. pp. 118–119. Retrieved 10 November 2020.