Lawrencia densiflora is a species of plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is endemic to Western Australia[1][4]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Lawrencia |
| Species: | L. densiflora
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| Binomial name | |
| Lawrencia densiflora | |
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Plagianthus densiflorus Baker f. | |
Description
editL. densiflora is a perennial shrub/herb, growing to a height from 0.07 to 0.6 m.[1] The stems are hairy.[1] The leaves are irregularly lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide, with stellate hairs.[1] The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, and are yellow to cream and seen between July and October.[1]
Habitat
editIt grows on limestone and sandy or clayey soils, and is found in dry watercourses, claypans, salty depressions and limestone ridges.[1]
Distribution
editIt is found in Beard's Eremaean Province and in the IBRA regions of Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo.[1]
Taxonomy
editL. densiflora was first described as Plagianthus densiflorus by Baker in 1892,[5][6] and in 1967, was redescribed by Melville who assigned it to the genus, Lawrencia, with the plant thereby becoming Lawrencia densiflora.[7][2]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h "Florabase: Lawrencia densiflora". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ a b Melville, R. 1967. Contributions to the Flora of Australia: VII. Generic delimitation in the Plagianthus complex. Kew Bulletin 20(3): 514
- ^ Govaerts, R. et al. 2018. "Plants of the World online: Lawrencia densiflora synonyms". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "AVH: Lawrencia densiflora (occurrence map)". Australasian Virtual Herbarium. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "APNI: Plagianthus densiflorus". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ Baker, E.G. 1892. Journal of Botany, British and Foreign 30: 72
- ^ "APNI: Lawrencia densiflora". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
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