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Lissanthe
''Lissanthe'' is a genus of about 10 species of flowering plants in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Lissanthe'' are small, erect to spreading shrubs with egg-shaped to oblong leaves. Up to 17 Monoicy, bisexual flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branches, the 5 petals joined at the base to form a cylindrical to urn-shaped tube with triangular lobes. Description Plants in the genus ''Lissanthe'' are small, erect to spreading shrubs with egg-shaped to oblong, Petiole (botany), petiolate leaves that are usually a paler shade of green on the lower surface. The leaves have a small point on the tip and a few parallel veins on the lower surface. Up to 17 bisexual flowers are arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branchlets with a bract and 2 Bract#Bracteole, bracteoles at the base of the flowers. The 5 petals are joined at the base to form a cylindrical to urn-shaped tube that is longer than the sepals and has triangular, Aestiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lissanthe Strigosa
''Lissanthe strigosa'', commonly known as peach heath, is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae, and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with linear to lance-shaped leaves and white to pink, cylindrical flowers. Description ''Lissanthe strigosa'' is a much-branched shrub high, and often forms Basal shoot, suckers, its branchlets covered with tiny bristles. The leaves are linear to lance-shaped, long and wide on a Petiole (botany), petiole long with three longitudinal ribs on the lower surface. The flowers are borne in racemes of 5 to 9 with Bract#Bracteole, bracteoles long at the base. The sepals are long and the petal are white or pink and joined at the base, forming a more or less wikt:glabrous, glabrous tube long with lobes about long. The Style (botany), style is long and covered with soft hairs near its base. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a flattened spherical, Capsule (fruit), capsule long, white and f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
