Pityrodia pungens
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P. pungens
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Pityrodia pungens is a flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae and is endemic to the northern part of the Northern Territory. It is an erect, spreading shrub with narrow, prickly leaves and off-white, bell-like flowers with dark purple streaks.
Description
Pityrodia pungens is a straggling shrub which grows to a height of Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). and has branches sometimes covered with star-like hairs. The leaves are linear to narrow lance-shaped, usually Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide with a sharp point on the end. The flowers are arranged singly in upper leaf axils and are shorter than the leaves. There are leaf-like bracts and lance-shaped bracteoles Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long at the base of the flowers. The sepals are joined for less than half their length to form a bell-shaped tube with five lance-shaped, hairy lobes Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long. The five petals are off-white, Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long and joined to form a bell-like tube with five lobes on the end. The two upper lobes have dark purple streaks and are Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long and smaller than the lower lobes. The upper lobes are shorter than or about equal to the length of the sepals. The lower middle lobe is larger than the others. The petals are glabrous except for soft hairs on the outside of the petal lobes and a dense hairy ring below the stamens. The four stamens extend slightly beyond the end of the tube, the lower pair slightly longer than the other one. Flowering occurs mainly from January to June and is followed by a oval-shaped, hairy fruit about Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). long and Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). wide.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
Pityrodia pungens was first formally described in 1979 by Ahmad Abid Munir from a specimen collected in the Nitmiluk National Park. The description was published in Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.[2][4] The specific epithet (pungens) is a Latin word meaning "sharp", "acrid", "biting" or "piercing".[5]
Distribution
This pityrodia occurs in the northern part of the Northern Territory.[2][3]
Conservation
Pityrodia pungens is classified as "least concern" under the Territory Parks and Wildlife Conservation Act 2000.[3]
References
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