Guichenotia intermedia explained

Guichenotia intermedia is a flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small shrub with hairy leaves and mauve-pink flowers.

Description

Guichenotia intermedia is a small, upright, spreading shrub to high, wide and new growth covered in white star-shaped hairs. The leaves are linear shaped, long, wide, upper and lower surfaces covered densely with white star-shaped hairs, margins rolled under and rounded at the apex. The flowers are borne in clusters of two or three, in diameter on a peduncle long and the petals are dark red up to long. The calyx are mauve-pink, lobes long, joined halfway, inner surface has star-shaped hairs, outer surface has white star-shaped hairs and the pedicel long. The green bracts are at the base of each pedicel, oval-shaped, long and wide. Flowering occurs in May or July to August and the fruit is woody, thin and in diameter.[1] [2]

Taxonomy and naming

Guichenotia intermedia was first formally described in 2003 by Carolyn F. Wilkins and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[3] The specific epithet (intermedia) means "coming between".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This species of guichenotia is found on scrublands, roadsides, sandy flats and coastal heath from Kalbarri and north to Shark Bay.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Spooner . Amanda . Guichenotia intermedia . Florabase-the Western Australia Flora . Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attraction . 20 December 2022.
  2. Book: Blake . Trevor . Lantern Bushes of Australia;Thomasias & Allied Genera . 2021 . APS Keilor Plains Inc . Victoria . 9780646839301 . 228–229.
  3. Web site: Guichenotia intermedia . Australian Plant Name Index . 30 December 2022.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 231 . 3rd.