Geleznowia verrucosa explained

Geleznowia verrucosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with oval-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.

Description

Geleznowia verrucosa is a shrub to high with warty branchlets that are covered with star-shaped hairs or scales. The thick, oval-shaped leaves are arranged alternately, long, wide, warty, margins flat, leaves covered in scales or star-shaped hairs. The yellow flowers are borne at the end of branchlets, outer yellow-green bracts are long, calyx long, warty, mostly smooth except for small, star-shaped hairs on the edges, petals long, overlapping and smooth. Flowering occurs in July to October.^{[1] [2]}

Taxonomy and naming

Geleznowia verrucosa was first formally described in 1849 by Ukrainian-Russian botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow and the description was published in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.^{[3] [4]} The specific epithet (verrucosa) means "covered with warts".^[5]

Distribution and habitat

This species grows on sand plains and gravelly soils in south-eastern Western Australia north of Perth.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Paczkowska . Grazyna . Geleznowia verrucosa . Florabase-the Western Australian Flora . Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions . 2 August 2022.
2. Web site: Geleznowia verrucosa . Native Plant Profiles . Australian Native Plant Society (Australia) . 2 August 2022.
3. Web site: Geleznowia verrucosa . Australian Plant Name Index . 2 August 2022.
4. Turczaninow . Nicolai Stepanovitch . Geleznowia verrucosa . Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou . 1849 . 22 . 13 . 13 . 2 August 2022.
5. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2021 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 345 . 4th.