Biology:Waltheria virgata
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Waltheria |
| Species: | W. virgata
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Waltheria virgata is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae, that is found in the north of Western Australia,[3] and in the Northern Territory.[4]
Description
Waltheria virgata is an erect, much branched shrub growing from a height of 0.3 m to 1 m high, and up to 1 m wide.[3] Its leaves and stems are thinly to densely covered in stellate (star-shaped) hairs.[4] Its pink-purple flowers may be seen from April to May or July to October.[3]
Habitat
It grows on red sand and stony soils, on plains, on rocky hills, and in stony creeks.[3]
Taxonomy and naming
It was first described in 1917 by Alfred James Ewart & Isabel Clifton Cookson.[1][2] There are no synonyms.[1][5] The specific epithet, virgata, derives from the Latin word, virga, "a rod for beating", to give a Botanical Latin adjective describing the plant as having "straight slender not very flexible twigs".[6] The genus name, Waltheria, honours the German botanist Augustin Friedrich Walther.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Waltheria virgata". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/name/apni/89010.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Ewart, A.J. & Davies, O.B. (1917). "Waltheria virgata". The Flora of the Northern Territory. pp. 190.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "Waltheria virgata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5107.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 "NT Flora: Waltheria virgata". http://eflora.nt.gov.au/factsheet?id=5690.
- ↑ "Waltheria virgata Ewart & Cookson | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:825847-1.
- ↑ "virgatus,-a,-um". http://www.plantillustrations.org/epithet.php?id_epithet=368478%3C/div%3E%3Cdiv%20class=.
- ↑ Quattrocchi, U. (2000). CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names. 4 R-Z. Taylor & Francis US. p. 2817. ISBN 978-0-8493-2678-3. https://books.google.com/books?id=2ndDtX-RjYkC.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q17579427 entry
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