Stackhousia viminea

Slender Stackhousia
Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Rosids
Order:	Celastrales
Family:	Celastraceae
Genus:	Stackhousia
Species:	S. viminea
Binomial name
Stackhousia viminea Sm.

Stackhousia viminea the Slender Stackhousia is a common small Australian plant. It grows to 70 cm tall. The habitat is heathland, pastures, eucalyptus woodland and forest, usually in moist areas. It features attractive yellowish/red flowers. The specific epithet viminea refers to the slender stems. The genus is named after the botanist and artist, John Stackhouse^[1]

First collected at Sydney by John White. And described a few years later by the prolific English botanist James Smith.

References

1. Les Robinson - Field Guide to the Native Plants of Sydney, ISBN 978-0-7318-1211-0 page 133