Velleia foliosa (Benth.) K.Krause

Species

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Characteristics

Perennial, glabrous; stems to 30 cm long. Leaves cauline, sessile, crowded, narrowly obovate, dentate; lamina 4-7 cm long, 10-15 mm wide. Scapes to 20 cm long. Bracteoles free, the lower ones linear to lanceolate, to 13 mm long. Adaxial sepal ovate, c. 5 mm long. Corolla c. 12 mm long, pubescent outside and inside, without enations, orange-yellow, reddish in throat; wings ±to base of adaxial lobes, c. 2 mm wide. Ovary with septum to 1/2 as long as locule; ovules c. 4; indusium obovate, with a bunch of hairs on lower surface. Seeds elliptic, c. 2 mm long, punctate.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
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Found in rocky sites.
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Distribution

Velleia foliosa world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:79427-3
WFO ID wfo-0000422284
COL ID 7X7PJ
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Synonyms

Velleia foliosa