Spyridium vexilliferum (Winged Spyridium)
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Spyridium vexilliferum (cultivated, labelled) Australian Garden, Royal Botanic Gardens Cranbourne, Victoria, Australia
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WINGED SPYRIDIUM FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Winged Spyridium
Other Names
Propeller Plant, Helicopter Bush
Description
Winged Spyridium is a small shrub that grows to about a metre tall. The leaves are narrow without hairs above and paler below with white or brownish hairs. It produces heads of small white flowers in spring and summer. The individual flowers have five petals and are only about 1.5mm in diameter and are densely clustered into flower heads that are surrounded by two or three white bracts. The plant gets its common name of Propeller Plant from the arrangement of the flower bracts. The fruit is a paper-like capsule.
Habitat
found on heathland and river banks and also on rocky slopes in some areas
Distribution
Spyridium vexilliferum is found in New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and Tasmania
Growth Characteristics
Height: 0.3m - 0.9m
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Rosales | | Family: | Rhamnaceae | | Genus: | Spyridium | | Species: | vexilliferum | | Common Name: | Winged Spyridium |
Relatives in same Genus
Spyridium parvifolium
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