Cryptandra inconspicua
species of plant
Cryptandra inconspicua is a flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a small, spreading shrub with narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped leaves and head-like clusters of white, tube-shaped flowers.
Description
Cryptandra inconspicua is a spreading, sometimes almost prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 10–20 cm (3.9–7.9 in) and unlike others in the genus, lacks spiny branchlets. The leaves are narrowly elliptic to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 2.0–3.7 mm (0.079–0.146 in) long and 0.7–1.5 mm (0.028–0.059 in) wide, on a petiole 0.3–0.4 mm (0.012–0.016 in) long with stipules 0.7–1.5 mm (0.028–0.059 in) long at the base. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, often concealing the densely hairy lower surface. The flowers are white, borne in head-like clusters of 3 to 8, 2.0–3.5 mm (0.079–0.138 in) wide. The flowers are surrounded by 2 to 4 hairy, egg-shaped bracts. The floral tube is about 0.9 mm (0.035 in) long and densely hairy, the sepals 0.5–0.6 mm (0.020–0.024 in) long and moderately hairy, and the petals are about 0.3 mm (0.012 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October.
Taxonomy and naming
Cryptandra inconspicua was first formally described in 2007 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the journal Nuytsia from specimens collected by William Blackall between Pingrup and Lake Grace in 1933.
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