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Androcalva procumbens

Androcalva procumbens
Photo: Heinar Streimann, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
New South Wales
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Androcalva procumbens is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to central New South Wales. It is a prostrate shrub covered with star-shaped hairs, and with slender, trailing stems, egg-shaped to narrowly egg-shaped or lance-shaped leaves with scalloped or lobed edges, and clusters of 4 to 10 white, pink and yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Androcalva procumbens grows in sandy soil mainly in the Dubbo, Mendooran and Gilgandra districts, but also in the Pilliga and Nymagee districts in central New South Wales.

Other Androcalva plants

Androcalva adenothalia · Androcalva aphrix · Androcalva argentea · Androcalva beeronensis · Androcalva bivillosa · Androcalva crispa · Androcalva cuneata · Androcalva fragifolia · Androcalva fraseri · Androcalva gaudichaudii · Androcalva incilis · Androcalva inglewoodensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Androcalva procumbens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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