Lachnostachys eriobotrya explained

Lachnostachys eriobotrya (common name - Lambswool) is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to Western Australia.

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as Walcottia eriobotrya',Mueller, F.J.H. von . 1859. Additamenta, index. Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae . 1. 241. but was transferred to the genus Lachnostachys in 1917 by George Claridge Druce.^[1]

External links

• Lachnostachys eriobotrya occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Notes and References

1. Druce, G.C. . 1917. Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian. The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2. 630.