Hemiandra pungens

Hemiandra pungens
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Hemiandra
Species: H. pungens
Binomial name
Hemiandra pungens
R.Br.[1]

Hemiandra pungens, commonly known as snakebush, is a shrub or trailing plant that is endemic to south-west Western Australia.[2] Ranging in height from 5 cm to 100 cm, it occurs on rock outcrops.[2] The spotted flowers may be white, pink or bluish-purple and appear throughout the year.[2]

The species was formally described in 1810 by Scottish botanist Robert Brown[3]

The widely cultivated variety known as Hemiandra pungens var. glabra is currently classified under the species name Hemiandra glabra[4][5] and considered a mere synonym of the nominal species.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Hemiandra pungens R.Br.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Hemiandra pungens R.Br.". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  3. ↑ "Hemiandra pungens". Australian Native Plants Society (Australia). Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  4. ↑ "Hemiandra pungens var. glabra (Benth.) Benth. [ nom. illeg. ]". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 10 February 2014.
  5. ↑ "Hemiandra glabra Benth.". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  6. ↑ The Plant List, vers. 1, 1, 2013, access date 18 November 2015
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