Seringia hillii
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| In Moogerah Peaks National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Seringia |
| Species: | S. hillii
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| Seringia hillii | |
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Seringia hillii is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a single-stemmed shrub with hairy new growth, egg-shaped leaves and usually mauve flowers arranged in groups of 2 to 9.
Description[edit]
Seringia hermanniifolia is a single-stemmed shrub that typically grows to a height of 1–3 m (3 ft 3 in – 9 ft 10 in) and 1.0–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) wide, its new growth covered with rust-coloured hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to linear or lance-shaped, 40–90 mm (1.6–3.5 in) long and usually 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide on a petiole up to 10 mm (0.39 in) long with narrow, leaf-like stipules 2–8 mm (0.079–0.315 in) long at the base. The flowers are arranged in a cyme with 2 to 9 flowers up to 20 mm (0.79 in) wide, on a peduncle 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 5–15 mm (0.20–0.59 in) long. The flowers are mauve, sometimes white or pink, with deeply divided sepals. There are no petals, the stamens alternate with the staminodes, and the filaments are yellow and twice as long as the anthers. Flowering occurs in most months with a peak in spring and summer, and the fruit is a spherical capsule 12–15 mm (0.47–0.59 in) in diameter.[2][3]
Taxonomy[edit]
This species was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham who gave it the name Keraudrenia hillii in Flora Australiensis from an unpublished description by Ferdinand von Mueller.[4][5] In 1882, Ferdinand von Mueller transferred the species to Seringia as S. hillii in his Systematic Census of Australian Plants.[6][7] The specific epithet (hillii) honours Walter Hill.[3]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This species grows around cliffs and in rocky country near Stanthorpe, the Glasshouse Mountains and Mount Barney in south-east Queensland and on the coast and ranges north from Port Stephens in New South Wales.[2][3]
Conservation status[edit]
Seringia hillii is listed as of "least concern" in Queensland by the Queensland Government Department of Environment and Science.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Seringia hillii". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b Harden, Gwen J. "Seringia hillii". Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ a b c Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern Bushes of Australia; Thomasias & Allied Genera. Australia: A.P.S. Keiler Plains Inc. pp. 408–409. ISBN 9780646839301.
- ^ "Keraudrenia hillii". APNI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 246. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Seringia hillii". APNI. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1882). Systematic Census of Australian Plants. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 16. Retrieved 15 January 2024.
- ^ "Seringia hillii". Department of Environment and Science. Retrieved 15 January 2024.