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Asterolasia Nivea
''Asterolasia nivea'', commonly known as Bindoon starbush, is a species of weak sub-shrub that is Endemism, endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It has leathery oblong to narrow elliptical leaves and white flowers arranged in groups of about three flowers with thick-centred, shield like, star-shaped hairs on the back of the petals. Description ''Asterolasia nivea'' is a weak sub-shrub that typically grows to a height of about . The leaves are narrow oblong, to elliptical, about long on a short Petiole (botany), petiole. The leaves are covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged in groups of about three in leaf wikt:axil, axils and on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a Pedicel (botany), pedicel up to long and covered with thick-centred, star-shaped hairs. The petals are white, elliptical, long with thick-centred, star-shaped hairs on the back that formed a shield over the flower bud. There are between fifteen and twenty stamens. Taxonomy This speci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Graham Wilson
Paul Graham Wilson (born 1928) is an Australian botanist. He has been a most prolific contributor to the journal ''Nuytsia'', contributing to the first issue in 1970 and to the 12th volume in 1998, which was dedicated to him for his contributions to plant taxonomy and to celebrate his 70th birthday. Since his retirement from the Western Australian Herbarium in 1993, he has helped to maintain a comprehensive census of the flora of Western Australia. Wilson has mostly published papers dealing with the plant families Rutaceae, Asteraceae and Chenopodiaceae. Selected publications * A taxonomic revision of the genera ''Crowea'', ''Eriostemon'', and ''Phebalium'' (Rutaceae) * A taxonomic review of the genera ''Eriostemon'' and ''Philotheca ''Philotheca'' is a genus of about fifty species of flowering plants in the family Rutaceae. Plants in this genus are shrubs with simple leaves arranged alternately along the stems, flowers that usually have five sepals, five petals and ten st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
