Gunniopsis intermedia

Gunniopsis intermedia, commonly known as yellow salt star, is a succulent plant in the iceplant family, Aizoaceae. It is endemic to Australia.

Gunniopsis intermedia
Gunniopsis intermedia flower
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Aizoaceae
Genus: Gunniopsis
Species:
G. intermedia
Binomial name
Gunniopsis intermedia

The annual herb has an erect or prostrate habit typically growing to a height of 1 to 30 centimetres (0.4 to 11.8 in) and form a mound up to 0.5 metres (1.6 ft) across. The leaves are 2 to 7 cm (0.8 to 2.8 in) long and 2 to 3 cm (0.8 to 1.2 in) wide.[1] It blooms from September to November producing yellow-white flowers.[2]

It is found around salt lakes and on saline flats in inland areas of the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy, loam or clay soils.[2]

The species was first formally described by the botanist Ludwig Diels in 1904 in the work Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie.[3]

References
  1. Margaret G. Corrick; Bruce Alexander Fuhrer (2009). Wildflowers of Southern Western Australia. Rosenberg Publishers. p. 17. ISBN 9781877058844.
  2. "Gunniopsis intermedia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. "Gunniopsis intermedia Diels". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 15 January 2017.
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