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Phebalium filifolium

Phebalium filifolium
Photo: Kevin Thiele from Perth, Australia, CC BY 2.0
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Phebalium filifolium, commonly known as slender phebalium, is a species of upright, rounded shrub that is endemic to Western Australia. It has smooth branchlets covered with silvery scales, more or less cylindrical leaves with silvery scales on the lower side and pale to bright yellow flowers arranged in umbels of between three and eight on the ends of branchlets.

Where it grows

This phebalium grows on sandy and gravelly soils and is found between Dalwallinu, Menzies, Katanning and the Cape Arid National Park in Western Australia.

Other Phebalium plants

Phebalium appressum · Phebalium bifidum · Phebalium brachycalyx · Phebalium brevifolium · Desert Phebalium · Phebalium canaliculatum · Phebalium clavatum · Davies' Wax Flower · Phebalium distans · Phebalium drummondii · Phebalium elegans · Phebalium festivum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phebalium filifolium 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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