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Ricinocarpos pilifer

Family
Euphorbiaceae (Spurge family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Ricinocarpos pilifer is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a compact monoecious shrub with narrowly oblong leaves and creamy white flowers arranged singly, or with two to four male flowers, or a single female flower with one or two male flowers.

Where it grows

This species is only known from Mount Le Grand where it grows in scrub on thin soil on a rocky outcrop.

Other Ricinocarpos plants

Ricinocarpos bowmanii · Ricinocarpos brevis · Ricinocarpos caniana · Ricinocarpos crispatus · Ricinocarpos cyanescens · Ricinocarpos glaucus · Ricinocarpos gloria-medii · Ricinocarpos graniticus · Ricinocarpos ledifolius · Ricinocarpos linearifolius · Ricinocarpos marginatus · Ricinocarpos megalocarpus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ricinocarpos pilifer 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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