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Velvet Spyridium

Spyridium subochreatum

Velvet Spyridium
Photo: Kym Nicolson, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Rhamnaceae (Rhamn family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Western Australia to W. & NE. Victoria
Climate
subtropical

About

Spyridium subochreatum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a low shrub with linear to oblong or narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and dense clusters of creamy-white flowers with dark brown, papery bracts at the base.

Where it grows

Spyridium subochreatum grows in mallee-heath on sand dunes and is widespread and common in north-western Victoria and south-eastern South Australia. It also occurs in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.

Other Spyridium plants

Spyridium bifidum · Spyridium burragorang · Spyridium buxifolium · Spyridium cinereum · Butterfly Spyridium · Spyridium coalitum · Spyridium cordatum · Spyridium daltonii · Heath Spyridium · Spyridium erymnocladum · Woods Well Spyridium · Spyridium furculentum

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spyridium subochreatum 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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