Styphelia flavescens | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Styphelia |
Species: | S. flavescens
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Binomial name | |
Styphelia flavescens | |
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Occurrence data from AVH | |
Synonyms[1] | |
Leucopogon flavescens Sond. |
Styphelia flavescens is a species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with oblong leaves and white, tube-shaped flowers that are densely bearded on the inside.
Styphelia flavescens is an erect shrub that typically grows up to a height of 0.6–1.2 m (2 ft 0 in – 3 ft 11 in) and has minutely, softly-hairy branches. Its leaves are moderately crowded, oblong, 6–12 mm (0.24–0.47 in) long on a very short petiole. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils with bracteoles but no bracts at the base. The sepals are less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long, the petals white and densely hairy on the inside.[2]
This species was first formally described in 1845 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder in Johann Georg Christian Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[3][4] In 1867, Ferdinand von Mueller transferred the species to Styphelia as S. flavescens in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae.[1][5] The specific epithet (flavescens) means "yellowish", referring to the leaves when dried.[6]
This styphelia occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.[7]
Styphelia flavescens is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[7]