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Marianthus microphyllus

Family
Pittosporaceae (Pittospor family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Marianthus microphyllus is a species of flowering plant in the family Pittosporaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a small, erect, spreading shrub with clustered, funnel-shaped, stem-clasping leaves and deep blue to almost purple flowers that darken as they age, arranged singly in leaf axils.

Where it grows

Marianthus microphyllus grows in open mallee and dry woodland between Bremer Bay and Mount Maxwell and in the Frank Hann National Park in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

Other Marianthus plants

Marianthus aquilonaris · Painted Marianthus · Orange Bell Climber · Marianthus candidus · Marianthus coeruleopunctatus · Marianthus drummondianus · Marianthus dryandra · Marianthus erubescens · Marianthus granulatus · Marianthus mollis · Marianthus paralius · Marianthus ringens

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Marianthus microphyllus 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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