Kunzea flavescens

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Phylogeny & links to associated information:

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Plant  information

Common name:         ...

Conservation status:  Least Concern

• Kunzea flavescens is classified as "Least Concern" under the Queensland Nature Conservation Act 1992

Etymology:   

• The specific epithet (flavescens) is a Latin word meaning "slightly yellow"

Flowers

• The flowers are white or cream-coloured and arranged in rounded groups of eight to fifteen flowers on the ends of the branches

• There are egg-shaped bracts which are 3–4 mm long and about 2 mm wide and smaller paired bracteoles at the base of each flower

• The floral cup is 3–3.5 mm long and hairy

• The sepals are triangular, about 1.5–2 mm long and hairy on their edges

• The petals are oblong to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, about 1.5–2 mm long and there are about fifty stamens 2–3.5 mm long, in several rows

• Flowering occurs mainly in September and October and is followed by fruit which an urn-shaped capsule about 5 mm long

Fruit:                            

Leaves:         

• It has egg-shaped leaves 

• The leaves are arranged alternately along the branches and are oblong to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base

• They are mostly 4–7 mm long and 1.5–2.5 mm wide on a pedicel less than 1 mm long

• The leaves are flat, slightly hairy when young and have more than sixty oil glands visible on the lower surface

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• A spreading shrub, sometimes a small tree which usually grows to a height of about 3 m but sometimes to 7 m

Habitat:   

• Growing on rocky ridges in heath and open woodland

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to Queensland

• Occurs in a few areas in south-east Queensland including near Crows Nest and Biggenden Bluff in the Mount Walsh National Park

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy 

  • Kunzea flavescens is a plant in the myrtle family, Myrtaceae

  • Kunzea flavescens was first formally described in 1922 by Cyril White and William Francis from a specimen found near Crows Nest by Frederick Hamilton Kenny

  • The description was published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland

Sources of information:

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kunzea_flavescens (2023)