Amylotheca subumbellata Barlow

Species

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Characteristics

Plant spreading to pendulous, glabrous. Leaves narrowly linear to lanceolate, acute or rarely obtuse; lamina 8-15 cm long, 6-18 mm wide, attenuate at base, sessile or obscurely petiolate, dull both sides; reticulate venation distinct. Inflorescence axis slender, 4-10 mm long, bearing 2-6 decussate pairs of subumbellate triads on peduncles 2.5-3.5 mm long; pedicels of the lateral flowers 1.5-2 mm long; bracts triangular, 1 mm long. Calyx obscure, 0.3 mm long. Corolla in mature bud 27-32 mm long, inflated in middle, obtuse, red. Anthers 2-3 mm long, about equal to free part of filament. Style articulate c. 1.5 mm above base. Fruit unknown.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support parasite
Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Environment

Grows in coastal lowland open forest on Casuarinaceae and Grevillea .
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Distribution

Amylotheca subumbellata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:547879-1
WFO ID wfo-0000532568
COL ID 66GKB
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Synonyms

Amylotheca subumbellata