Actinotus forsythii
Actinotus forsythii (common names - Pink flannel flower, Ridge flannel flower),[3] is a plant in the Apiaceae family, native to the east coast of Australia, and found in New South Wales and Victoria[1]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Actinotus |
| Species: | A. forsythii |
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Description
Actinotus forsythii is a wiry herb with stems to 50 cm long, which trail along on the ground. The leaves are 3–7 partite, with the leaf blades from 6.4–18 mm long, by 10 mm wide, on petioles which are 4.5–20 mm long. The umbels are head-like, and from 7.5–20 mm in diameter including the bracts, with the male flowers circling up to 60 female flowers on peduncles which are 3.8–10.3 cm long. The bracts are elliptic and about. 7 mmby 1.5–2 mm wide, white to pink and silky hairy above, green and hairless below. The male flowers have small and obtuse sepals and papery petals and are about 0.3 mm long. The female flowers have tiny sepals which form a skirt on the summit of the ovary and have no petals.[3]
It flowers from January to May.[3]
Habitat
It is found in damp areas in eucalypt forests and heaths on shallow soils on sandstone.[3]
References
- "Actinotus forsythii Maiden & Betche | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- Maiden, J.H. & Betche, E. (1902). "Notes from the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, No. 8". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 27 (1): 60.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Actinotus forsythii PlantNET - FloraOnline". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
- "Actinotus forsythii". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
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