Newhaven FloraButterfly Bush (Petalostylis cassioides) Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) Fork-leaved Corkwood (Hakea divaricata) Newcastelia spodiotricha Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) Senna pleurocarpa Tar Bush (Eremophila glabra)
The genus Newcastelia are flowering plants that are endemic to Australia. The flowers are blue to almost purple in colour. The stem are branched, with the branchlets and leaves densely grey-tomentose (tomentose is the densely covered soft hairs that are grey-white).
Newcastelia spodiotricha is an erect shrub that can grow up to 2 metres high. Found growing in red sandy soils an sand dunes, in Western Australia, Northern Territory and South Australia.
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Phylum: Charophyta
- Class: Equisetopsida
- Subclass: Magnoliidae
- Superorder: Asteranae
- Order: Lamiales
- Family: Lamiaceae
- Genus: Newcastelia
- Species: Newcastelia spodiotricha
Footnote & References
- Many thanks for ID to members of Alice Springs Field Naturalists Club, Facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/alicefieldnats/
- Newcastelia spodiotricha F.Muell., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2911124
- Newcastelia spodiotricha F.Muell., Western Australian Herbarium (1998–). Florabase—the Western Australian Flora. Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. https://florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6793 (Accessed 21 Sep 2022).
- Genus Newcastelia, Australian Plant Image Index, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Australian National Herbarium, https://www.anbg.gov.au/photo/apii/genus/Newcastelia
- Newcastelia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newcastelia (last visited Sept. 21, 2022).
Newhaven FloraButterfly Bush (Petalostylis cassioides) Desert Poplar (Codonocarpus cotinifolius) Fork-leaved Corkwood (Hakea divaricata) Newcastelia spodiotricha Pebble Bush (Stylobasium spathulatum) Senna pleurocarpa Tar Bush (Eremophila glabra)
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