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Cryptandra scoparia

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Cryptandra scoparia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Rosales
Family: Rhamnaceae
Genus: Cryptandra
Species:
C. scoparia
Binomial name
Cryptandra scoparia

Cryptandra scoparia is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of 20–90 cm (7.9–35.4 in) and has white to cream-coloured flowers from May to June or August.[2] It was first formally described in 1848 by Siegfried Reissek in Plantae Preissianae.[3][4] The specific epithet (scoparia) means "sweeper", hence "broom-like".[5]

This cryptandra grows in sandy soil over laterite in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Cryptandra scoparia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Cryptandra scoparia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. ^ "Cryptandra scoparia". APNI. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  4. ^ Reissek, Siegfried; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1848). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 2. Hamburg: Sumptibus Meissneri. p. 285. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
  5. ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 303. ISBN 9780958034180.