Lechenaultia tubiflora, commonly known as heath leschenaultia,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a hemispherical subshrub or more or less erect perennial with crowded, narrow, rigid leaves and variably-coloured, tube-shaped flowers.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Goodeniaceae |
| Genus: | Lechenaultia |
| Species: | L. tubiflora
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Description
editLechenaultia tubiflora is a hemispherical or more or less erect perennial, mostly glabrous subshrub, typically up to 70 cm (28 in) high and 60 cm (24 in) wide with many, often suckering stems. The leaves are crowded, and rigid, 7.5–11.5 mm (0.30–0.45 in) long and narrow. The flowers are arranged singly on the end of branchlets, the sepals 4.0–5.5 mm (0.16–0.22 in) long and the petals forming a bright red, to pale yellow or creamy-white tube. The tube is hairy inside and there are often orange red or blue marks on the petal wings and lobes. The petal lobes are all about the same size with wings 0.3–0.7 mm (0.012–0.028 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from August to December and the fruit is 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editLechenaultia subcymosa was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen.[4][5] The specific epithet (tubiflora) means "tube-flowered".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editHeath leschenaultia grows on sand in heath or woodland between Coorow and Albany, and in near-coastal areas between Albany and Israelite Bay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.[2][3]
Conservation status
editThis leschenaultia is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Lechenaultia tubiflora". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Lechenaultia tubiflora". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ a b Morrison, David A. "Lechenaultia tubiflora". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ "Lechenaultia tubiflora". APNI. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810), Prodromus florae Novae Hollandiae et insulae Van-Diemen, exhibens characteres plantarum quas annis 1802–1805, London: R. Taylor et socii, p. 581, doi:10.5962/BHL.TITLE.3678, Wikidata Q7247677
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 329. ISBN 9780958034180.