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Seringia elliptica C.F.Wilkins
Showy fire-bush

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Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 28:292-294, Figs 10B, 15 (2016)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current
1000 km
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Scientific Description

Shrub. Stems hairy. Leaves 20-70 mm long, 5-25 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire or sinuate; indumentum present, with stellate hairs; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 3-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx purple, 9-11 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, stellate hairs present, number of ribs present, one. Corolla glabrous. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 2-3 mm long; anthers 0.3-0.5 mm long. Staminodes present. Ovary hairs or scales present, stellate hairs present; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 3-5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous. Flowering time July. Distribution Botanical Province Northern or Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Gibson Desert, Central Ranges, Yalgoo, Murchison, Great Victorian Desert, Coolgardie or Dampierland.