Alice Springs Desert Park

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Lamarchea sulcata, belonging to the family Myrtaceae, is endemic to Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

It is found on sand dunes, rocky hills and flats, growing as a spreading many-stemmed shrub, between 0.5 to 2 metres in height. The leaves terete. Depending on rainfall it can be seen in bloom between August and October. It the shrub has a lot of leaves, the flowers can often be found hidden beneath the foliage.

Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Lamarchea sulcata, Alice Springs Desert Park NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Rosanae
  • Order: Myrtales
  • Family: Myrtaceae
  • Genus: Lamarchea
  • Species: Lamarchea sulcata

Footnote & References

  1. Lamarchea sulcata A.S.George, Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/taxon/apni/51290191
  2. Lamarchea sulcata A.S.George, Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/5846

ASDP FloraFlora Index Batswing Coral Tree Blue Mallee Bush Banana Buttercup Pigweed Dead Finish Desert Grevillea Desert Oak Desert Raisin Field Lily Georges Indigo Golden Everlasting Honey Grevillea Kangaroo Grass Lamarchea sulcata Myoporum acuminatum (Boobialla) Native Apricot Native Bluebell Native Cotton Bush Native Tomato Nicotiana megalosiphon subsp sessilifolia Olearia ferresii Parrot Pea Pink Everlasting Poached Egg Daisy Potato Vine Quandong Rattlepod Grevillea Red-bud Mallee Red Mulga Resurrection Fern Rough Halgania Sandover Lily Silkyheads Small Yellow Button (Chrysocephalum apiculatum) Spearwood Bush Sturt’s Desert Pea Waddy-wood Walukara Weeping Spinifex White Spider Flower Wild Passionfruit Witchetty Bush Wildflower Display

Alice Springs Desert ParkFauna Flora Nature Theatre Nocturnal House