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Lemon Star Bush

Asterolasia muricata

Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
South Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Asterolasia muricata, commonly known as lemon star-bush, is a species of small, slender, erect shrub that is endemic to South Australia. It has leathery leaves covered with rough points and with the edges rolled under, and yellow flowers arranged singly or in groups of up to three, with woolly star-shaped hairs on the back of the petals.

Where it grows

Asterolasia muricata grows in sandy heath and is found on Kangaroo Island and on the southern tip of the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.

Other Asterolasia plants

Star Bush · Asterolasia beckersii · Asterolasia buckinghamii · Asterolasia buxifolia · Asterolasia correifolia · Gairdner Range Starbush · Asterolasia elegans · Asterolasia grandiflora · Asterolasia hexapetala · Asterolasia nivea · Asterolasia pallida · Downy starbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Asterolasia muricata 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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