Ellery Creek Big Hole Hybanthus aurantiacus
Ellery Creek Big Hole FloraCaltrop Orange Spade Flower Tar Vine White Cypress Pine
The Orange Spade Flower (Hybanthus aurantiacus) are perennials that belong to the Violaceae (violet family). It has striking small orange coloured spade-shaped flower. The large lower petal is about 7-15 mm long and the 4 smaller petals 3-6 mm. The leaves are narrow, up to 4 cm long, with margins that are usually toothed.
They grow to between 9 to 40 cm in height.




- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Clade: Tracheophytes
- Clade: Angiosperms
- Clade: Eudicots
- Clade: Rosids
- Order: Malpighiales
- Family: Violaceae
- Genus: Hybanthus
- Species: H. aurantiacus
- Binomial name: Hybanthus aurantiacus
Ellery Creek Big Hole FloraCaltrop Orange Spade Flower Tar Vine White Cypress Pine
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