Lysiosepalum involucratum

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Malvaceae > Pavonia

Plant  information

Internal links:             Angiosperms > Eudicots > Superrosids > Malvids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Lysiosepalum involucratum

External links:     Angiosperms > Eudicots > Superrosids > Malvids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Lysiosepalum involucratum

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids > Malvales > Malvaceae > Lysiosepalum involucratum

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Common name:               unknown  

Conservation status:   unknown

Etymology:   

• x

Flowers:                  

• Produce mauve flowers between August and November in the species' native range

Fruit:                         

• x

Leaves:         

•  x

Stem & branches: 

•  x

Roots:         

• x

Habit:        

• Asmall shrub 

• Plants grow to between 0.3 and 1.5 m high

Habitat:   

• x 

Distribution:                  

• Endemic to the south-west of Western Australia

Species:                     

• World:            S,    G

• Australia:      S,    G

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The species was first formally described as Thomasia involucrata by botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in 1852 in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou

  • The species was transferred to the genus Lysiosepalum in 1917 by English botanist George Claridge Druce

• Cultivation

  • The species prefers a sunny or partially shaded position in well-drained soil. Established plants tolerate dry periods

  • The most common method of propagation is from cuttings of semi-mature new growth

  • Although plants may be propagated from seed, it is difficult to obtain