Hemigenia teretiuscula is a species of flowering plant in the family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an upright, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–80 cm (3.9–31.5 in), the leaves about 1 mm (0.039 in) in diameter, more or less tapering cylindrical and somewhat sharply pointed. Flowering usually occurs from August to December and the flowers are bluish-purple.[2][3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Genus: | Hemigenia |
| Species: | H. teretiuscula
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Hemigenia eutaxioides C.R.P.Andrews | |
This species was first formally described in 1868 by Ferdinand von Mueller in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by George Maxwell.[4][3] The specific epithet (teretiuscula) means "somewhat terete".[5]
Hemigenia teretiuscula grows in gravelly or rocky soils or yellow sand in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia. It is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Hemigenia teretiuscula". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ a b Paczkowska, Grazyna. "Brachyscome bellidioides". FloraBase-the Western Australia Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ a b von Mueller, Ferdinand (1868). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 6. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 111. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ "Hemigenia teretiuscula". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
- ^ Francis Aubie Sharr (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings. Kardinya, Western Australia: Four Gables Press. p. 322. ISBN 9780958034180.