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==Description== |
==Description== |
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''Leptorhynchos tenuifolius'' is a multi-stemmed upright to ascending multi-branched perennial, covered with soft hairs to smooth and {{cvt|10-40|cm}} high. Leaves are narrow, linear-shaped, pointed, margins recurved, {{cvt|0.5-4|cm}} long, {{cvt|1|mm}} wide, basal leaves longer and wider. The flower heads are oblong-cone shaped, about {{cvt|5|mm}} in diameter, outer [[involucral bract]]s clear with a brown tip, margins densely covered with spreading, soft hairs and the florets yellow. Flowering occurs from October to March and the fruit is a [[cypsela (botany)|cypsela]] about {{cvt|1|mm}} long and smooth.<ref name="VICFLORA"/> |
''Leptorhynchos tenuifolius'' is a multi-stemmed upright to ascending multi-branched perennial, covered with soft hairs to smooth and {{cvt|10-40|cm}} high. Leaves are narrow, linear-shaped, pointed, margins recurved, {{cvt|0.5-4|cm}} long, {{cvt|1|mm}} wide, basal leaves longer and wider. The flower heads are oblong-cone shaped, about {{cvt|5|mm}} in diameter, outer [[involucral bract]]s clear with a brown tip, margins densely covered with spreading, soft hairs and the florets yellow. Flowering occurs from October to March and the fruit is a [[cypsela (botany)|cypsela]] about {{cvt|1|mm}} long and smooth.<ref name="VICFLORA"/><ref name="EFLORA">{{cite web |title=''Leptorhynchos tenuifolius'' |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Leptorhynchos_tenuifolius |website=eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref> |
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==Taxonomy and naming== |
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''Leptorhynchos tenuifolius'' was first formally described in 1858 by [[Ferdinand von Mueller]] and the description was published in ''[[Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae]]''.<ref name="APNI">{{cite web |title=''Leptorhynchos tenuifolius'' |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/468359 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=30 April 2024}}</ref><ref name="BHL">{{cite book |last1=von Mueller |first1=Ferdinand |title=Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae |date=1858 |location=Melbourne |page=52 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/7218#page/54/mode/1up}}</ref>The [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] (''tenuifolius'') means "slender leaved".<ref name="ASG">{{cite book |last1=George |first1=A.S |last2=Sharr |first2=F.A |title=Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings |date=2021 |publisher=Four Gables |location=Kardinya |isbn=9780958034197 |page=331 |edition=4th}}</ref> |
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==Distribution and habitat== |
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Wiry buttons is a locally common species growing in a variety of situations including woodlands, forest and wet areas on sandy soils in Victoria and South Australia.<ref name="VICFLORA"/><ref name="EFLORA"/> |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Leptorhynchos |
Species: | L. tenuifolius
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Binomial name | |
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius |
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius, commonly known as wiry buttons,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright to ascending herb, multi-branched and has yellow flowers and grows in Victoria and South Australia.
Description
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius is a multi-stemmed upright to ascending multi-branched perennial, covered with soft hairs to smooth and 10–40 cm (3.9–15.7 in) high. Leaves are narrow, linear-shaped, pointed, margins recurved, 0.5–4 cm (0.20–1.57 in) long, 1 mm (0.039 in) wide, basal leaves longer and wider. The flower heads are oblong-cone shaped, about 5 mm (0.20 in) in diameter, outer involucral bracts clear with a brown tip, margins densely covered with spreading, soft hairs and the florets yellow. Flowering occurs from October to March and the fruit is a cypsela about 1 mm (0.039 in) long and smooth.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Leptorhynchos tenuifolius was first formally described in 1858 by Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.[4][5]The specific epithet (tenuifolius) means "slender leaved".[6]
Distribution and habitat
Wiry buttons is a locally common species growing in a variety of situations including woodlands, forest and wet areas on sandy soils in Victoria and South Australia.[2][3]
References
- ^ "Leptorhynchos tenuifolius". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b c "Leptorhynchos tenuifolius". VICFLORA- Flora of Victoria. Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Leptorhynchos tenuifolius". eFloraSA-Electronic Flora of South Australia. State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ "Leptorhynchos tenuifolius". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 30 April 2024.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1858). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Melbourne. p. 52.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ George, A.S; Sharr, F.A (2021). Western Australian Plant Names and their meanings (4th ed.). Kardinya: Four Gables. p. 331. ISBN 9780958034197.