Finke Gorge National Park
FloraCommon Reed Ghost Gum Desert Lantern Flower MacDonnell Ranges Cycad Narrow-leaved Cumbungi Native Fig Orange Spade Flower Red Cabbage Palm Soft Spinifex White Cypress Pine White Indigo
The Orange Spade Flower (Hybanthus aurantiacus) belong to the Violaceae (violet family). It has a lovely orange coloured spade shaped flower, with its large lower petal approximately 7-15 mm long and 4 smaller petals 3-6 mm. The leaves are long, and narrow, with toothed shaped margins.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Rosids
- Order: Malpighiales
- Family: Violaceae
- Genus: Hybanthus
- Species: Hybanthus aurantiacus
FloraCommon Reed Ghost Gum Desert Lantern Flower MacDonnell Ranges Cycad Narrow-leaved Cumbungi Native Fig Orange Spade Flower Red Cabbage Palm Soft Spinifex White Cypress Pine White Indigo
Finke Gorge National ParkCamping & Picnic Area Boggy Hole Palm Valley Fauna Flora