Astroloma pallidum
Astroloma pallidum | |
---|---|
| |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
(unranked): | Angiosperms |
(unranked): | Eudicots |
(unranked): | Asterids |
Order: | Ericales |
Family: | Ericaceae |
Genus: | Astroloma |
Species: | A. pallidum |
Binomial name | |
Astroloma pallidum R.Br. | |
Astroloma pallidum, commonly known as Kick bush is usually a small, compact shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. The species is endemic to south-western Western Australia.
Description
A. pallidum is usually a neat, dense, compact shrub but sometimes a diffuse to erect shrub to about 30 cm high. The leaves are lance-shaped, about 1 cm long and with toothed margins. Creamy white to pale yellow (rarely pink or red) tubular flowers are present in the axils of leaves for most of the year.[1][2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
A. pallidum was first described by Robert Brown in 1810 in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae.[4] The specific epithet (pallidum) is derived from the Latin pallidus = pale yellow-green.[5]
There is one variety - Astroloma pallidum'' var. ''suberectum'' Sond.[6]
Distribution and habitat
A. pallidum grows on yellow/grey sand, red/brown laterite gravel, brown clay to sandy clay, ironstone and limestone in a variety of habitats including flats, hillslopes, winter-wet sites and the edges of lakes in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographical regions of Western Australia.[3]
Cultivation
This species is not known in cultivation, partly because good cutting wood is difficult to obtain.[2]
References
- ↑ Paczkowska, Grazyna; Chapman, Alex R. (2000). The Western Australian flora : a descriptive catalogue. Perth: Wildflower Society of Western Australia. p. 234. ISBN 0646402439.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Wrigley, John; Fagg, Murray (1983). Australian native plants : a manual for their propagation, cultivation and use in landscaping (2nd ed. ed.). Sydney: Collins. p. 100. ISBN 0002165759.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Spooner, Amanda. "Astroloma pallidum R.Br. Kick Bush". Retrieved 22 January 2015.
- ↑ "Astroloma pallidum R. Br.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ↑ "pallidum". Wikipedia. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
- ↑ "Astroloma pallidum var. suberectum Sond.". Tropicos.org. Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 21 January 2015.