Asterolasia rivularis explained

Asterolasia rivularis is a small, upright shrub, with narrow leaves and yellow flowers. It has a restricted distribution in New South Wales.

Description

Asterolasia rivularis is a small shrub to high with young branches covered in brown to grey star-shaped, short matted hairs. The leaves may be narrowly oblong, narrow-oblong to wedge shaped and tapering at the base, long, wide. The leaf upper surface has occasional star-shaped hairs, underside brownish star-shaped to short matted hairs, margins slightly rolled under and narrowing to a short petiole. The flowers are either borne from leaf axils or at the end of branches in small clusters of 1-3, yellow petals about long, upper surface with rusty star-shaped to short matted hairs. The pedicels are up to long when in flower. Flowering occurs in early spring.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy

The species was first formally described by Paul G. Wilson in 1998 and the description was published in the journal Nuytsia.^{[3] [4]}

Distribution and habitat

Asterolasia rivularis has a restricted distribution, it is found growing along streams near Buxton.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Harden . G.J . Mole . B.J . Asterolasia rivularis . PlantNET-Flora of New South Wales . Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney . 15 June 2020.
2. Book: Wilson . Paul G. . Wilson (ed) . Annette . Meliaceae, Rutaceae, Zygophyllaceae Volume 26 . 2013 . ABRS-CSIRO Publishing . Melbourne . 9780643109568 . 423.
3. Web site: Asterolasia rivularis . Australian Plant Name Index . 18 June 2020.
4. Wilson . Paul G. . Wilson, Paul G. (1998), Nomenclatural notes and new taxa in the genera Asterolasia, Drummondita and Microcybe (Rutaceae: Boronieae) . Nuytsia . 1998 . 12 . 1 . 85 . 18 June 2020.