Xanthosia ciliata is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low spreading shrub with linear leaves and yellowish-green to cream-coloured or white flowers.
| Xanthosia ciliata | |
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| Near Cataby | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Xanthosia |
| Species: | X. ciliata
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| Binomial name | |
| Xanthosia ciliata | |
Description
editXanthosia ciliata is a low, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 5–25 cm (2.0–9.8 in), its leaves linear to wedge-shaped. The inflorescence is arranged in leaf axils or on the ends of branches and is usually a small, compound umbel with four short rays. Each partial umbel is subtended by a leaf-like, softly-hairy involucral bract less than 2 mm (0.079 in) long. The sepals are tapering heart-shaped and the petals are yellowish-green to cream-coloured or white. Flowering occurs from October to December or January.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
editXanthosia ciliata was first formally described in 1848 by William Jackson Hooker in Icones Plantarum from specimens collected by James Drummond near the Swan River.[4][5] The specific epithet (ciliata) means "fringed with fine hairs".[6]
Distribution and habitat
editXanthosia ciliata grows in lateritic soils, sand or clay in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia and is listed as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Xanthosia ciliata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Bentham, George (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 361. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ a b "Xanthosia ciliate". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Xanthosia ciliata". APNI. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Hooker, William J. (1848). Icones Plantarum. Vol. 8. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green and Longman. p. 726. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 163. ISBN 9780958034180.