Teucrium myriocladum explained

Teucrium myriocladum is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with small, hairy leaves and creamy-green flowers.

Description

Teucrium myriocladum is a shrub that typically grows to a height of with stems that are square in cross-section. The leaves are arranged in opposite pairs, long, about wide and covered with glandular hairs. The flowers are borne in leaf axils near the ends of branches on a pedicel long with bracts long. The five sepals are long and joined at the base. The petals are creamy-green, long with a pouch on the middle lobe, and there are four stamens. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December, usually following rain.[1] [2]

Taxonomy

Teucrium myriocladum was formally described in 1904 by Ludwig Diels in Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[3] The specific epithet (myriocladum) means "countless branches".[4]

Distribution and habitat

This germander grows on plains and flats in open mallee woodland near Esperance in the south-west of Western Australia.

Conservation status

Teucrium myriocladum is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Archer . William R. . Teucrium myriocladum - Lamiaceae . Esperance Wildflowers . 10 March 2021.
  2. Diels . Ludwig . Teucrium in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae occidentalis . Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie . 1904 . 35 . 4 . 530. 10 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Teucrium myriocladum. APNI. 10 March 2021.
  4. Book: Sharr . Francis Aubi . George . Alex . Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings . 2019 . Four Gables Press . Kardinya, WA . 9780958034180 . 258 . 3rd.