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Philotheca brucei

Philotheca brucei
Photo: Joel Collins, CC BY 3.0 au
Family
Rutaceae (Citrus family)
Grows as
Shrub

About

Philotheca brucei is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with cylindrical leaves grooved along the top and in spring, white to pink or mauve flowers with five egg-shaped petals.

Where it grows

Subspecies brevifolia grows on rocky hills between Paynes Find and Sandstone. Subspecies brucei grows on rocky hills and breakaways within 500 km (310 mi) of the west coast of Western Australia. Subspecies cinerea grows on laterite breakaways near the upper Murchison River.

Other Philotheca plants

Philotheca pungens · Philotheca trachyphylla · Philotheca acrolopha · Narrow Leaf Wax Flower · Philotheca apiculata · Philotheca basistyla · Philotheca brevifolia · Philotheca buxifolia · Philotheca ciliata · Philotheca citrina · Philotheca coateana · Philotheca coccinea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Philotheca brucei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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