Thryptomene longifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to inland areas of South Australia. It is a shrub with more or less needle-shaped leaves and pink flowers with five to eight petals and five to eight stamens.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Myrtales |
| Family: | Myrtaceae |
| Genus: | Thryptomene |
| Species: | T. longifolia
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| Binomial name | |
| Thryptomene longifolia | |
Description
editThryptomene longifolia is shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are more or less cylindrical, 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long with a hooked tip, on a petiole about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The flowers are scattered along the branchlets singly or in groups of up to three on a peduncle about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The floral cup has five longitudinal ridges and the sepals are more or less round, pink, and about 1 mm (0.039 in) long. The petals are also pink, elliptical, about the same length as the sepals and there are five to eight stamens. Flowering occurs around May.[2]
Taxonomy
editThryptomene longifolia was first formally described in 1986 by John Green in the Flora of South Australia from specimens collected by T.R. Lothian near Tallaringa Well in 1967.[3] The specific epithet (longifolia) means "long-leaved".[4]
Distribution and habitat
editThis thryptomene grows on red sand dunes in the north of South Australia.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Thryptomene longifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ a b "Thryptomene longifolia". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ "Thryptomene longifolia". APNI. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780958034180.