''Leionema westonii'' is a flowering plant in the family
Rutaceae and is
endemic to New South Wales. It has white flowers borne in upper leaf axils.
Description
''Leionema westonii'' is a multi-branched shrub to high and forms a
rhizome
In botany and dendrology, a rhizome (; , ) is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow hori ...
. The stems are covered with spreading, soft, fine, simple white hairs. The leaves are linear-shaped or narrow elliptic, long, wide, margins rolled under, apex pointed, upper surface covered with spreading, soft, weak hairs, lower surface covered with white, minute protuberances and with sparsely soft, fine, weak hairs. The single flowers are borne in upper leaf axils on a
pedicel
Pedicle or pedicel may refer to:
Human anatomy
*Pedicle of vertebral arch, the segment between the transverse process and the vertebral body, and is often used as a radiographic marker and entry point in vertebroplasty and kyphoplasty procedures
...
long,
bracteole long and covered with soft, spreading hairs and tapering gradually to a point. The
calyx
Calyx or calyce (plural "calyces"), from the Latin ''calix'' which itself comes from the Ancient Greek ''κάλυξ'' (''kálux'') meaning "husk" or "pod", may refer to:
Biology
* Calyx (anatomy), collective name for several cup-like structures ...
is cup-shaped, long, with occasional long, stiff, upright hairs, sometimes with minute star-shaped hairs, triangular shaped teeth about long. The white petals are long, upper surface smooth, lower surface dotted with glands and with occasional short soft, weak, thin hairs. Flowering occurs from late summer to autumn.
Taxonomy and naming
''Leionema westonii'' was first formally described in 2018 and description was published in ''
Telopea''.
The
specific epithet
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(''westonii'') honours Peter Henry Weston a co-discoverer of the species in 2004.
Distribution and habitat
This leionema grows in woodland on shallow soils in the
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park.
References
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westonii
Sapindales of Australia
Flora of New South Wales