Achnophora
genus of plants
Achnophora is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asteraceae described as a genus in 1883.
The only known species is Achnophora tatei. This is a rare endemic found only on Kangaroo Island in South Australia.
Description
Morphology
Roots
The rhizome of A. tatei is described as thick, hairless and vertical with bundles of short thick rootlets attached.
Leaves
Achnophora tatei leaves are in a rosette form at the base of the plant, with a long narrow leaf shape (linear) and sheath at the base of the leaf.
Flowers
Achnophora tatei flowers take the form of a scape (single flowering stem arising from the rhizome). The flower stems are red, thread-like, almost naked and about as long as the leaves. Flowers are one-headed, have a rosette of bracts (small leaf like structures) surrounding the flower (involucre) which are close to hemispheric (i.e. half of a sphere).
The bracts of the flower are generally arranged in three rows of unequal length, with similar grades of size, and range in shape with the bract being egg-shaped with broader end at base (ovate) to the bract being egg-shaped with the narrow end at base (obovate).
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