Gunniopsis intermedia, commonly known as yellow salt star, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Aizoaceae |
| Genus: | Gunniopsis |
| Species: | G. intermedia
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The annual herb has an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of 1 to 30 centimetres (0.4 to 11.8 in) and form a mound up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) across. The leaves are 2 to 7 cm (0.8 to 2.8 in) long and 2 to 3 cm (0.8 to 1.2 in) wide.[1] It blooms from September to November producing yellow-white flowers.[2]
It is found around salt lakes and on saline flats in inland areas of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loam or clay soils.[2]
The species was first formally described by the botanist Ludwig Diels in 1904 in the work Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[3]
References
edit- ^ Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenberg Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9781877058844.
- ^ a b "Gunniopsis intermedia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Gunniopsis intermedia Diels". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 January 2017.