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Lechenaultia
''Lechenaultia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Goodeniaceae, the species native to Australia with one species ('' L. filiformis'') also occurring in New Guinea. Plants in the genus ''Lechenaultia'' are glabrous shrubs or herbs with needle-shaped leaves, more or less sessile flowers with five sepals and five blue, white, or yellow and red petals in two unequal lobes, the fruit an elongated capsule. Description Plants in the genus ''Lechenaultia'' are glabrous shrubs or herbs with spreading branches, linear or cylindrical leaves, the leaves sometimes reduced to scales. The flowers are more or less sessile with five sepals that are free from each other, and five glabrous blue, white or yellow and red petals. The petals are glabrous, the two at the back of the flower shorter with narrow wings near the tip, and the lower three longer with broad wings. The fruit is a cylindrical capsule with four valves. Taxonomy The genus ''Lechenaultia'' was first formally described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Formosa
''Lechenaultia formosa'', commonly known as red leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate or erect shrub or subshrub with crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and scarlet or orange-red to pale orange flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia formosa'' is a prostrate or erect shrub or subshrub that typically grows to a height of and has stems with many, sometimes low-lying branches that often sucker. Its leaves are crowded, narrow, fleshy and long. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branches, and have sepals long. The petals are scarlet to orange-red or pale orange, long and have long, soft hairs inside the petal tube. The petal lobes are more or less equal in size, the wings on the upper lobes wide and the lower lobes triangular and wide. Flowering mainly occurs in winter and spring but flowers are often present in other months. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia formosa'' was firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Biloba
''Lechenaultia biloba'', commonly known as blue leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a glabrous herb or subshrub with spreading branches, almost no leaves, and yellow, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia biloba'' grows as a spreading shrub typically growing to a height of , sometimes to , and often forms suckers. The grey-green to green leaves are crowded, linear, long, about wide and fleshy. The flowers are arranged in compact clusters, the sepals long and the petals dark blue to light blue or cream-coloured, the range of colours sometimes appearing in a single population of plants. ( Cream-coloured forms are found on the western sandplains.) The petal wings are triangular to lobed and wide. Flowering takes place from July to December and the fruit is usually long. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia biloba'' was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley in '' A Sket ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Divaricata
''Lechenaultia divaricata'', commonly known as tangled leschenaultia, wirenetting bush or wirebush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to arid and semi-arid areas of central Australia. Description ''Lechenaultia divaricata'' is an erect subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has many spreading branches and glabrous foliage. The leaves are reduced to scattered, membrane-like, triangular scales long. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets, the sepal A sepal () is a part of the flower of angiosperms (flowering plants). Usually green, sepals typically function as protection for the flower in bud, and often as support for the petals when in bloom., p. 106 The term ''sepalum'' was coine ...s long. The petals are creamy-white to yellow, long, the wings on the lower petal lobes triangular, wide and fringed, on the upper lobes up to wide. Flowering occurs sporadically throughout the year and the fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Acutiloba
''Lechenaultia acutiloba'', commonly known as wingless leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dome-shaped shrub with crowded, linear leaves and many tube-shaped, pale greenish-yellow flowers with blue tips. Description ''Lechenaultia acutiloba'' is a dome-shaped shrub that typically grows up to high and wide, often with many thin stems. Its leaves are crowded, linear, glabrous long and greyish green. There are many sessile flowers arranged singly on the ends of branchlets with glabrous, lance-shaped sepals long. The petals form an erect, greenish-yellow tube with blue tips long, the tube white and hairy inside. Flowering occurs from mid-September to late December. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia acutiloba'' was first formally described in 1868 by George Bentham in ''Flora Australiensis'' from specimens collected near the Young River by George Maxwell. The specific epithet (''acutiloba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Floribunda
''Lechenaultia floribunda'', commonly known as free-flowering leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an openly-branched shrub or subshrub with crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and compact groups of pale blue to pale mauve or creamy white flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia floribunda'' is an openly-branched shrub or subshrub that typically grows up to high. Its leaves are crowded, narrow, fleshy and long. The flowers are arranged in compact groups in leaf axils, and have sepals long. The petals are pale blue to pale mauve or creamy white, long and softly-hairy inside the tube. The petal lobes are more or less equal in size, the upper lobes wide and the lower lobes mostly wide. Flowering occurs from August to December. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia floribunda'' was first formally described in 1837 by George Bentham in ''Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Filiformis
''Lechenaultia filiformis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is native to northern Australia and New Guinea. It is a grasslike, ascending herb with scattered, narrow, fleshy leaves and pale purple-blue to creamy-white, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia filiformis'' is a grass-like, ascending herb with few branches and that typically grows to a height of up to . Its leaves are scattered, long, narrow and fleshy. The flowers are arranged in loose clusters, the sepals long and the petals long, purple, pale blue or creamy-white, and joined at the base to form a white or yellow tube. The petal wings on the upper lobes are rounded, usually wide and on the lower lobes usually wide. Flowering occurs sporadically and the fruit is long. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia filiformis'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''. The specific epithet (''filiformis'') means "t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Aphylla
''Lechenaultia aphylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to arid parts of inland Australia. It is a glabrous herb or subshrub with spreading branches, almost no leaves, and yellow, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia aphylla'' is a glabrous herb or subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to with spreading branches. Its few leaves are scattered and long but soon fall off. The flowers are borne singly or in small groups on the ends of branchlets, the sepals long. The petals form a yellow tube long, the tube hairy inside. The wings on the lower petal lobes are triangular, wide. Flowering occurs sporadically and the fruit is about long. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia aphylla'' was first formally described in 1992 by David A. Morrison in the ''Flora of Australia'' from specimens collected near Mount Finke bDavid Eric Symonin 1987. The specific epithet (''aphylla'') means "without leaves". Distribution and habitat This le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Chlorantha
''Lechenaultia chlorantha'', commonly known as Kalbarri leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to a restricted area near Kalbarri in Western Australia. It is a subshrub or shrub with many branches, crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and pale bluish-green, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia chlorantha'' is an openly-branched subshrub or shrub that typically grows to a height of up to , has many branches and often forms suckers. The leaves are glabrous, crowded, long, narrow and fleshy. The flowers are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets, the sepals long and glabrous. The petals are pale bluish-green, long, the wings on the lower petal lobes triangular, wide, on the upper lobes wide. Flowering occurs from August to September and the fruit is long. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia chlorantha'' was first formally described in 1860 by Ferdinand von Mueller in '' Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae'' from specimens collect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Brevifolia
''Lechenaultia brevifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to inland south-western Western Australia. It is a tufted, sparsely-branched subshrub with crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and white and blue, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia brevifolia'' is a tufted, sparsely-branched subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to and often forms suckers. The leaves are glabrous, crowded, long, narrow and fleshy. The flowers are arranged in loose clusters, the sepals long and glabrous. The petals are usually white with dark blue wings and petal lobes, long, the lower petal lobes triangular, wide and the upper lobes wide. Flowering occurs from July to December and the fruit is long. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia brevifolia'' was first formally described in 1987 by David A. Morrison in the journal '' Brunonia'' from specimens collected by Richard Helms in 1891. The specific epithet (''brevifolia'') means "short-leaved". Di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Expansa
''Lechenaultia expansa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect subshrub with wand-like branches, crowded, narrow, fleshy leaves and pale purple-blue, tube-shaped flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia expansa'' is a prostrate or erect subshrub that typically grows to a height of up to and has wand-like branchlets. The leaves are glabrous, crowded, long, narrow and fleshy. The flowers are arranged in dense clusters in leaf axils, the sepals long and glabrous. The petals are long, pale purplish-blue, sparsely hairy and joined at the base to form a pale yellowish-white tube, the petal wings wide. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is long. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia expansa'' was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in his ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen''. The specific epithet (''expansa'') means "spread out" or "unfolde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechenaultia Galactites
''Lechenaultia galactites'', commonly known as white leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, robust subshrub or shrub with crowded, narrowly oblong to egg-shaped leaves, and white to pale blue flowers. Description ''Lechenaultia galactites'' is an erect, robust subshrub or shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are crowded, especially on the lower stems, narrowly oblong to egg-shaped, long and about wide. The flowers are arranged in groups near the ends of branchlets, and have linear sepals long. The petals are white to creamy-white or pale blue, about long and have long, soft hairs inside the petal tube. The petal lobes are more or less equal in size, the upper lobes up to wide and the lower lobes about long with wings up to about wide. Flowers have been collected from June to October, with an apparent peak in September. Taxonomy ''Lechenaultia galacti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Baptiste Leschenault De La Tour
Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a French botanist and ornithologist. Born at the family seat (since 1718), Le Villard, near Chalon-sur-Saône, Leschenault de la Tour arrived in Paris after the death of his father, a judge at Lyon. Leschenault de La Tour was chief botanist on Nicolas Baudin's expedition to Australia between 1800 and 1803. He collected a great many new specimens in 1801 and 1802, though Baudin's journal suggests that he did not work particularly hard; apparently the poorly educated gardener's boy Antoine Guichenot collected more plant specimens than Leschenault did, and gave them more useful labels. In April 1803 he was so ill that he had to be put ashore at Timor. Forced to spend the next three years on Java he used the time to make the first thorough botanical investigation of the island, which had not previously been visited by naturalists except briefly by Carl Peter Thunberg. He arrived back ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
