Lechenaultia laricina explained

Lechenaultia juncea, commonly known as scarlet leschenaultia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an open, ascending shrub with narrow, crowded, rather fleshy leaves, and scarlet to orange-red flowers.

Description

Lechenaultia juncea is an open, ascending shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about, with many branches and that often suckers. Its leaves are crowded, narrow, rather fleshy, long. The flowers are arranged in compact groups, the sepals long, the petals scarlet to orange-red, long and densely hairy inside the petal tube. The wings on the lower lobes are triangular, wide and the upper petal lobes are erect. Flowering mainly occurs from September to December and the fruit is long.[1]

Taxonomy

Lechenaultia laricina was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley in A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan River Colony.[2] [3] The specific epithet (laricina) means "larch-tree like".[4]

Distribution and habitat

Scarlet leschenaultia usually grows in sandy soils in woodland between Meckering, Clackline and Kukerin in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest and Mallee biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[1]

Conservation status

This leschenaultia is listed as "Threatened Flora (Declared Rare Flora — Extant)" by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Morrison . David A. . Lechenaultia laricina . Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra . 14 February 2022.
  2. Web site: Lechenaultia laricina. APNI. 14 February 2022.
  3. Book: Lindley . John . A Sketch of the Vegetation of the Swan river Colony . 1839 . James Ridgway . London . xxvii . 14 February 2022.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 235 . 3rd.