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Commersonia gilva

Family
Malvaceae (Mallow family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SSW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Commersonia gilva, commonly known as golden commersonia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with elliptic to oblong or egg-shaped leaves and yellow flowers.

Where it grows

Golden commersonia grows in low mallee and near creeks and drainage lines near Ravensthorpe, Ongerup and Fitzgerald River National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Commersonia plants

Commersonia amystia · Commersonia apella · Brown kurrajong · Commersonia borealis · Commersonia breviseta · Commersonia corniculata · Commersonia corylifolia · Brittle Leaved Rulingia · Kerrawang · Commersonia densiflora · Commersonia erythrogyna · Commersonia grandiflora

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Commersonia gilva 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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