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Lawrencia squamata (Lawrencia squamata)

Description

L. squamata, thorny lawrencia, or fan-leaved lawrencia, is a spiny dioecious shrub/herb, from 0.02 to 1.5 m high. The leaves are scaly and not lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide, with peltate scales. The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, with the corolla being yellow, white, red or purple,. The flowers are axillary. They are seen between August to January in WA, May to November in SA,September to November in Victoria. The stamens are many and united.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Malvales

            • Family: Malvaceae

              • Genus: Lawrencia