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Androcalva stowardii

Androcalva stowardii
Photo: The Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, CC BY 4.0
Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
WC. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Androcalva stowardii is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to inland parts of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to low-lying shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves, the edges smoothly serrated, and clusters of three to nine or more white to cream-coloured flowers.

Where it grows

This androcalva grows in sandy soil and gravel in the inland parts of the south-west of Western Australia in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie and Yalgoo bioregions.

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 stowardii 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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