''Enekbatus clavifolius'' is a shrub endemic to

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. The spreading shrub typically grows to a height of and blooms between July and September producing pink-purple flowers. The species shares features with ''

Enekbatus cryptandroides ''Enekbatus cryptandroides'' is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. The dense shrub typically grows to a height of and blooms between September and October producing pink-white flowers. The species shares features with ''Enekbatus clavifolius ...

'', both of which have to have ten

stamen The stamen (plural ''stamina'' or ''stamens'') is the pollen-producing reproductive organ of a flower. Collectively the stamens form the androecium., p. 10 Morphology and terminology A stamen typically consists of a stalk called the filame ...

s that are oppositely arranged to 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 coined b ...

s and petals. They also have tuberculate and usually often fruit containing many smooth seeds partly covered by an adherent scurfy layer. It is found in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia between Merredin and Nungarin where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils over

laterite Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...

. The species was first formally described as ''

Baeckea ''Baeckea'' is a genus of flowering plants in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae, all but one endemic to Australia. Plants in the genus ''Baeckea'' are shrubs or small trees with leaves arranged in opposite pairs, white to deep pink flowers with five s ...

clavifolia'' by the

botanist Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek wo ...

Spencer Le Marchant Moore Spencer Le Marchant Moore (1 November 1850 – 14 March 1931) was an English botanist. Biography Moore was born in Hampstead. He worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, from about 1870 to 1879, wrote a number of botanical papers, and then work ...

in 1920 as part of the work '' A contribution to the Flora of Australia.'' published in the ''Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany''. It was reclassified to the ''Enekbatus'' genera in 2010 by Barbara Rye and Malcolm Trudgen in the work ''Enekbatus, a new Western Australian genus of Myrtaceae with a multi-locular indehiscent fruit.'' as published in the journal ''

Nuytsia ''Nuytsia floribunda'' is a hemiparasitic tree found in Western Australia. The species is known locally as moodjar and, more recently, the Christmas tree or Western Australian Christmas tree. The display of intensely bright flowers during the ...

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Enekbatus clavifolius clavifolius Endemic flora of Western Australia Myrtales of Australia Rosids of Western Australia Plants described in 2010 Taxa named by Spencer Le Marchant Moore