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Phebalium
''Phebalium'' is a genus of thirty species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Australia. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple and often warty, the flowers arranged singly or in umbels on the ends of branchlets or in leaf axils, usually with five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. There are about thirty species and they are found in all Australian states but not in the Northern Territory. Description Plants in the genus ''Phebalium'' are shrubs or small trees that are often more or less covered with scales or shield-shaped or star-shaped hairs, at least when young. The leaves are arranged alternately along the stems, and are simple, sometimes with toothed edges. The flowers are bisexual and have five sepals, five petals and ten stamens. The sepals are fused at the base, usually with five lobes, and the stamens are free from each other. There are five carpels with the styles fused and the stigma is similar to the rest of the style. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Squamulosum
''Phebalium squamulosum '', commonly known as scaly phebalium or forest phebalium, is a species of shrub or slender tree that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has smooth branches covered with rust-coloured scales, linear to elliptical or egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and pale to bright yellow flowers in umbels with rust-coloured or silvery scales on the back. Description ''Phebalium squamulosum'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of , sometimes a slender tree to . It has smooth branchlets covered with rust-coloured scales. The leaves are papery or leathery, linear to elliptical or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide on a petiole long. The upper surface of the leaves is more or less glabrous but the lower side is covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales and star-shaped hairs. Between five and ten or more flowers are arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel long. The calyx ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Stenophyllum
''Phebalium stenophyllum'', commonly known as narrow-leaved phebalium, is a species of small shrub that is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It has scaly branchlets, narrow oblong to more or less cylindrical leaves and yellow flowers in umbels of three to ten. Description ''Phebalium stenophyllum'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has silvery to rust-coloured scales on its branchlets. It has narrow oblong leaves with the edges rolled under, appearing more or less cylindrical, long and wide on a short petiole. The upper surface is glabrous on older leaves, the lower surface covered with silvery scales or obscured. The flowers are arranged in sessile umbels of three to ten flowers, each flower on a pedicel long. The calyx is hemispherical, about high and wide and covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales. The petals are yellow, elliptical, long and about wide with silvery and rust-coloured scales on the back. Flowering occurs in spring. Taxonomy T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Bullatum
''Phebalium bullatum'', commonly known as silvery phebalium, desert phebalium or sand phebalium, is a species of shrub that is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is more or less covered with silvery scales and has narrow oblong to narrow wedge-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in umbels of about six. Description ''Phebalium bullatum'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and is more or less covered with silvery scales. The branchlets are also covered with warty glands. The leaves are thick, narrow oblong to narrow wedge-shaped, long, wide on a short petiole and V-shaped in cross-section. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and channelled, the lower surface convex and covered with silvery scales. The flowers are yellow and arranged in umbels of about six, each flower on a pedicel about long. The calyx is hemispherical, about long with broad triangular teeth and the petals are broadly elliptical, about long and wide with silvery scales on the b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Nottii
''Phebalium nottii'', commonly known as pink phebalium, is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has branchlets with silvery scales, oblong to elliptical leaves, deep pink to mauve flowers arranged in umbels of up to six, with the stamens distinctively offset to one side of the flower. Description ''Phebalium nottii'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has branchlets covered with silvery to rusty-coloured scales. The leaves are thin, oblong to elliptical, long and wide on a petiole long. The upper surface of the leaves is smooth and glabrous, the lower surface covered with silvery scales. The flowers are pink to deep mauve and arranged in umbels of up to six flowers, each flower on a pedicel long. The calyx is cup-shaped, long and wide, covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales inside and out. The petals are narrow egg-shaped to spatula-shaped, long and wide with the stamens, which have bright yellow anthers, distinctively offs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Woombye
''Phebalium woombye'', commonly known as wallum phebalium, is a species of shrub that is endemic to eastern Australia. It has branchlets covered with scales and star-shaped hairs, elliptical leaves, and white to pink flowers arranged in umbels of four to ten flowers. Description ''Phebalium woombye'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has branchlets covered with scales and star-shaped hairs. The leaves are oblong to elliptical, long and wide on a short petiole. The upper surface of the leaves is flat and glabrous, the lower surface with a prominent mid-vein and covered with silvery scales. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in umbels of four to ten, each flower on a pedicel long. The calyx is top-shaped, about long with teeth about half that length, covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales inside and out. The petals are white to pink, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, about long, wide and covered with rust-coloured sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Canaliculatum
''Phebalium canaliculatum'' is a species of erect shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is more or less covered with silvery and rust-coloured scales and has thin, cylindrical leaves and dark pink to pale mauve flowers in umbels on the ends of branches. Description ''Phebalium canaliculatum'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and is more or less covered with silvery and rust-coloured scales. The leaves are cylindrical to slightly flattened, about long and wide on a very short petiole. The flowers are dark pink to pale mauve and arranged in sessile umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel long. The sepals are about long and joined for about half their length, scaly on the outside but glabrous inside. The petals are elliptical, long and wide, covered with silvery scales on the outside. The filaments of the stamens are pale mauve with a yellow anther. Flowering occurs in May or from July to October. Taxonomy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Distans
''Phebalium distans'', commonly known as the Mt. Berryman phebalium, is a species of small tree that is endemic to south-east Queensland. It is more or less covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales and has warty branchlets, linear leaves and creamy yellow flowers in umbels on the ends of branchlets. Description ''Phebalium distans'' is a tree that typically grows to a height of up to , but is shrub-like when young. It is more or less covered with silvery to rust coloured scales except for the upper surface of the leaves and petals. It has warty branchlets and linear leaves that are glabrous and glossy green on the upper surface, densely covered with scales on the lower surface, long and wide on a petiole long. The flowers creamy yellow and arranged in umbels, each flower on a pedicel long. The calyx is top-shaped, about long, warty, glabrous on the inner surface and covered with warty glands on the outside. The petals are elliptical, about long and densely covered wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Brevifolium
''Phebalium brevifolium'' is a species of small shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has warty branchlets, sessile, wedge-shaped leaves and up to three white flowers arranged in umbels. Description ''Phebalium brevifolium'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of about . It has warty branchlets and sessile, wedge-shaped leaves about long and wide with the narrower end towards the base. Up to three white flowers are arranged in umbels, each flower on a pedicel long. The calyx is about long, warty and covered with scales and star-shaped hairs on the outside and with rust-coloured scales inside. The petals are egg-shaped, long and about wide, covered with rust-coloured scales on the back. Flowering occurs from September to November. Taxonomy and naming This species was first formally described in 1970 by Paul Wilson in the journal ''Nuytsia'' from specimens collected near Queen Victoria Spring in the Great Victoria Desert by Richard Helms in 1891. Wilson gav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Bifidum
''Phebalium bifidum'' is a species of small, erect shrub that is endemic to the Capertee Valley in New South Wales. It is more or less covered with glossy scales and has bilobed leaves and cream-coloured to bright yellow flowers arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets. Description ''Phebalium bifidum'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and is more or less covered with glossy, grey to rust-coloured scales. Its adult leaves are Y-shaped, long on a petiole long. The flowers are cream-coloured to bright yellow and arranged in sessile umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel about long. The sepals are joined to form a cup-shaped calyx about long and wide, densely covered with on the outside. The petals are more or less elliptical, long and wide and scaly on the outside. Flowering occurs from August to October. Taxonomy and naming ''Phebalium bifidum'' was first formally described in 2004 by Peter Weston Peter Weston (19 October 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Brachycalyx
''Phebalium brachycalyx'' is a species of shrub that is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is more or less covered with silvery and rust-coloured scales, and has narrow oblong leaves with wavy-glandular edges, and white to pale yellow flowers in umbels on the ends of branches. Description ''Phebalium brachycalyx'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and is more or less covered with silvery and rust-coloured scales. The leaves are narrow oblong, about long and about wide on a short petiole. The edge of the leaves are wavy-glandular and the mid-vein on the lower surface is warty. The flowers are white to pale yellow and arranged in umbels of three to six flowers, each flower on a thin pedicel long. The sepals are about long and joined for about half their length, scaly on the outside but glabrous inside. The petals are broadly elliptical, about long and wide, covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales on the outside. Flowering occurs from Augus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Daviesii
''Phebalium daviesii'', commonly known as St Helens wax flower or Davies' wax flower, is a species of shrub that is endemic to a restricted area in Tasmania. It is more or less covered with silvery or rust-coloured scales and has narrow wedge-shaped leaves with a notched tip, and umbels of white to cream-coloured, five- petalled flowers. Description ''Phebalium daviesii'' is a shrub that grows to a height of and is more or less covered with silvery or rust-coloured scales. The leaves are narrow wedge-shaped, up to long and wide with a notched tip, a short petiole and glabrous on the upper surface. The flowers are white to cream-coloured and arranged in sessile umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel about long. The sepals are joined to form a hemispherical calyx long and wide with triangular lobes. The five petals are broadly elliptical, about long and wide. Flowering occurs from September to November. Taxonomy ''Phebalium daviesii'' was first formall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phebalium Elegans
''Phebalium elegans'' is a species of spreading shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has warty branchlets, wedge-shaped leaves and two to five white flowers arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets. Description ''Phebalium elegans'' is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of . It has warty branchlets covered with silvery scales. The leaves are wedge-shaped, covered with warty glands, about long and wide, glabrous on the upper surface and covered with silvery scales below. Two to five white flowers are arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a silvery-scaly pedicel long. The calyx is about long, with silvery to reddish -brown scales on the outside. The petals are broadly elliptical, long and covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales on the back. Flowering occurs from July to September. Taxonomy and naming ''Phebalium elegans'' was first formally described in 1998 by Paul Wilson in the journal ''Nuytsia'' from specimens coll ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
