Brachyloma mogin explained

Brachyloma mogin is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a compact shrub with linear leaves and red to pink, urn-shaped flowers.

Description

Brachyloma mogin is a compact shrub that typically grows to high and has bristly hairs on its branches. Its leaves are linear, long and wide on petiole wide. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous, the lower surface is covered with bristly hairs, many prominent veins, and there is a small, fine point on the tip. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils on a pedicel long with bracts about long at the base. The sepals are egg-shaped, long, and the petals are red to pink and joined to form an urn-shaped tube long with lobes long. Flowering occurs in May and June.[1]

Taxonomy and naming

Brachyloma mogin was first formally described 2005 by Raymond Jeffrey Cranfield in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected he collected west of Katanning in 1997.[2] The specific epithet (mogin) is a Nyoongar word meaning "similar to", referring to this species' similarity to Brachyloma delbi.

Distribution

This species grows in winter-wet areas in open woodland in the Jarrah Forest and Avon Wheatbelt bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Conservation status

Brachyloma mogin is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.

Notes and References

  1. Cranfield . Raymond J. . Two new species of Brachyloma (Epacridaceae) from the South West Botanical Province of Western Australia. . Nuytsia . 2005 . 15 . 3 . 335 . 2 November 2023.
  2. Web site: Brachyloma mogin . Australian Plant Name Index . 2 November 2023.