Platysace commutata
Platysace commutata is a shrub that is endemic to Western Australia.[1]
| Platysace commutata | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Platysace |
| Species: | P. commutata |
| Binomial name | |
| Platysace commutata (Turcz.) C.Norman | |
The shrub typically grows to a height of 0.1 to 0.5 metres (0.3 to 1.6 ft). It blooms between October and April producing white-cream and blue flowers.
Often found among quartzite rocks on hill tops and summits it is distributed widely but with a scattered population from the Mid West down to the Great Southern region of Western Australia growing in sandy soils or granitic clays.[1]
The plant was first described by the botanist Nikolai Turczaninow as Trachymene commutata in 1849 in the article Decas sexta generum plantarum hucusque, non descriptorum in the journal, Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou and later moved into the Platysace genera by C. Norman in 1939.[2]
References
- "Platysace commutata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
- "Platysace commutata (Turcz.) C.Norman". Atlas of Living Australia. Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 19 December 2016.