Scholtzia capitata

Scholtzia capitata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Clade:Rosids
Order:Myrtales
Family:Myrtaceae
Genus:Scholtzia
Species: S. capitata
Binomial name
Scholtzia capitata

Scholtzia capitata is a shrub species in the family Myrtaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The erect shrub typically grows to a height of 0.3 to 2.5 metres (1.0 to 8.2 ft). It blooms between July and December producing pink-white flowers.[1] The plant has little foliage and are used as a bunched cut flower.[2]

It is found in undulating terrain and in winter wet depressions in the Mid West and Wheatbelt regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy soils.[1]

The species was first formally described by the botanist George Bentham in 1867 in the work Orders XLVIII. Myrtaceae- LXII. Compositae. in Flora Australiensis. The only synonym is Baeckea capitata as described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1882 in Systematic Census of Australian Plants.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Scholtzia capitata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ "Tiny Myrtaceae". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 3 January 2003. Retrieved 12 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Scholtzia capitata Benth". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 12 April 2017.


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