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Dasymalla
''Dasymalla'' is a genus of five species of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. Plants in this genus are woolly shrubs with five petals joined to form a tube-shaped flower with four stamens of unequal lengths. These species are similar to those in the genus ''Pityrodia'' except that the fruit does not release its seeds when mature. Description Plants in the genus ''Dasymalla'' are evergreen shrubs densely covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are simple, egg-shaped, arranged in opposite pairs and covered with woolly hairs. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and have five sepals which are joined at their base forming a short tube with five lobes. The five petals form a curved tube with five lobes on the end, the upper lobes shorter than the lower ones. There are four stamens with the lower pair shorter than the upper ones. The fruit does not release its seeds when mature and has a pronounced hump. Taxonomy and naming T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasymalla Chorisepala
''Dasymalla chorisepala'' is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory. It is a small shrub with its branches and leaves densely covered with hairs. The leaves are stalkless, egg-shaped and covered with yellowish hairs while the flowers are small, tube-shaped and white. Description ''Dasymalla terminalis'' is a rigid shrub which grows to a height of with its branches densely covered with short, ash-coloured hairs. The younger branches and leaves are covered with a more yellowish layer of hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped, long, wide, with those near the ends of the branches crowded together. The flowers are white and arranged in upper leaf axils in groups of up to three on a stalk long and covered with short hairs. The flowers are surrounded by leafy bracts and bracteoles which are covered with glandular hairs, especially on their edges. The five sepals are long, linear in shape with hairy margins and joi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasymalla Terminalis
''Dasymalla terminalis'', commonly known as native foxglove, is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with its branches, leaves and some of its flower parts densely covered with white, woolly hairs. The leaves are thick and soft and the flowers are tube-shaped, pale to deep pinkish-purple or claret red. Description ''Dasymalla terminalis'' is an erect shrub which grows to a height of with its branches and leaves densely covered with white or grey, woolly hairs. The leaves are oblong to narrowly elliptic, long, wide, thick, soft and covered with small pimples which are hidden in the thick layer of woolly hairs. The flowers are pale to deep pinkish-purple or claret red and arranged in leaf axils in groups of up to five on a densely hairy stalk, long. (A form from near Lake Grace has white flowers.) The flowers are surrounded by woolly bracts and bracteoles which are hairy on the outside but glabr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dasymalla Axillaris
''Dasymalla axillaris'', commonly known as native foxglove or woolly foxglove, is a flowering plant in the mint Family (biology), family Lamiaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, diffuse shrub with its branches, leaves and some of its flower parts densely covered with white, woolly hairs. The flowers are a shade of red and tube-shaped with the stamens and Stigma (botany)#Style, style extending beyond the end of the five petals. Description ''Dasymalla axillaris'' is a diffuse shrub which grows to a height of about and which has its branches, leaves and sepals densely covered with white branched hairs. The leaves are stalkless, egg-shaped with the narrow end towards the base, long, wide and are wrinkled below their woolly covering. The flowers are vivid in appearance, deep red to yellowish scarlet and are arranged singly or in groups of up to five in leaf wikt:axil, axils on woolly stalks long. Each flower is surrounded by woolly bracts and Bract#Bracteole, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
