Asterolasia hexapetala Druce

Species

Angiosperms > Sapindales > Rutaceae > Asterolasia

Characteristics

Shrub to 3 m high. Leaves petiolate, oblong-elliptic, 3–6 cm long, flat, obtuse, sparsely stellate above, somewhat stellate-tomentose below. Umbels terminal and axillary, sessile, few-flowered, with petaloid basal bracts; pedicels slender, 5–20 mm long, to 30 mm in fruit. Sepals triangular, c. 0.5–1 mm long. Petals elliptic, c. 8 mm long, white to yellow or brown stellate-tomentose abaxially. Stamens 10; anthers 1.4–2 mm long, with terminal gland and narrow glandular connective. Carpels 5, stellate-tomentose; style stellate-hairy; stigma lobes thick, verrucose. Cocci with a spreading beak c. 2 mm long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
Growth support -
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 3.0
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months -
Fruit color -
Fruiting months -
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Growing particularly along water courses. 
Light -
Soil humidity -
Soil texture -
Soil acidity -
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

Usage

Uses -
Edible -
Therapeutic use -
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Mode -
Germination duration (days) 30 - 180
Germination temperacture (C°) 12 - 18
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Images

Asterolasia hexapetala unspecified picture

Distribution

Asterolasia hexapetala world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:771363-1
WFO ID wfo-0000552755
COL ID HTMK
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Asterolasia hexapetala Asterolasia mollis Eriostemon mollis Phebalium hexapetalum Asterolasia correifolia var. mollis