| Guichenotia sarotes | |
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| Near Dandaragan | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malvales |
| Family: | Malvaceae |
| Genus: | Guichenotia |
| Species: | G. sarotes |
| Binomial name | |
| Guichenotia sarotes Benth. | |
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Guichenotia sarotes is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a spindly, low-growing shrub with densely hairy new growth, hairy, greyish, linear leaves and pink to purple flowers arranged in loose groups of two to six.
Description
Guichenotia sarotes is a spindly, low-growing shrub that typically grows to 0.3–1 m (1 ft 0 in – 3 ft 3 in) high and 0.3–0.6 mm (0.012–0.024 in) wide, its new growth densely covered with star-shaped hairs. Its leaves are greyish, linear to lance-shaped, 7–30 mm (0.28–1.18 in) long, 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) wide and sessile with narrowly egg-shaped stipules 6–14 mm (0.24–0.55 in) long at the base of the leaves. The edges of the leaves are rolled under and both surfaces are covered with white, star-shaped hairs. The flowers are blue-mauve, pink, or white and arranged in cymes of two to six on a peduncle 10–50 mm (0.39–1.97 in) long, each flower on a pedicel 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) long with an egg-shaped bracteole at the base. The five petal-like sepals are 10–20 mm (0.39–0.79 in) long and hairy, and there are tiny, dark red petals but no staminodes. Flowering occurs from July to November.
Taxonomy and naming
Guichenotia sarotes was first formally described in 1863 by George Bentham and the description was published in Flora Australiensis. The specific epithet (sarotes) means "broom-like".
Distribution and habitat
This guichenotia is an undershrub that grows in a variety of soils, including sand, clay, gravel, on sloping sand plains, low hills, ridges and near salt lakes. It is found between the Hutt River, Lake King and Newdegate on the eastern side of the Darling Range in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
References
- ^ "Guichenotia sarotes". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ Blake, Trevor L. (2021). Lantern bushes of Australia ; Thomasias & allied genera : a field and horticultural guide. Victoria: Australian Plants Society, Keilor Plains Group. pp. 238–239. ISBN 9780646839301.
- ^ "Guichenotia sarotes". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- "Guichenotia sarotes". Australian Plant Name Index. Retrieved 16 January 2023.
- Bentham, George (1863). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 1. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 258. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 301. ISBN 9780958034180.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Guichenotia sarotes | |