Halgania andromedifolia
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|species = andromedifolia
|authority = Behr & F.Muell.{{cite web |title=Halgania andromedifolia |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/84167 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=22 July 2024}}
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Halgania andromedifolia commonly known as lavender halgania,{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Peter |title=Halgania andromedifolia |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Halgania~andromedifolia |website=PlantNET-NSW Flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=22 July 2024}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is a small, upright or spreading perennial shrub with blue flowers and grows in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.
Description
Halgania andromedifolia is an upright, hairy, sparsely branched shrub to {{cvt|1.3|m}} high. The leaves are oblong to narrowly elliptic, {{cvt|10-25|mm}} long, {{cvt|2-6|mm}} wide, margins rolled under, upper surface sticky, lower surface whitish, apex blunt and the petiole up to {{cvt|2|mm}} long. The blue flowers are borne at the end of stems in small clusters {{cvt|10-15|mm}} in diameter, corolla {{cvt|5-8|mm}} long, petals lance-shaped and hairy on the outside. Flowering occurs from August to November and the fruit is a drupe containing one seed.{{cite web |title=Halgania andromedifolia |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/dcddce14-1fab-46a9-80ad-20075519268b |website=VICFLORA-Flora of Victoria |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |access-date=23 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=Halgania andromedifolia |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Halgania_andromedifolia |website=eFloraSA-Flora of South Australia |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |access-date=23 July 2024}}
Taxonomy
Halgania andromedifolia was first formally described in 1859 by Hans Hermann Behr and Ferdinand von Mueller and the description was published in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae.{{cite web |title=Halgania andromedifolia |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/616182 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=23 July 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Behr |first1=Hans |last2=von Mueller |first2=Ferdinand |title=Fragmenta Photographiae Australiae |date=1859 |location=Melbourne |page=209 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/760738#page/218/mode/1up}}
Distribution and habitat
Lavender halgania grows in loam, clay and gravel in New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia and Victoria.{{cite web |title=Halgania andromedifolia |url=https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/6684 |website=Florabase-the Western Australian Flora |publisher=Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions |access-date=23 July 2024}}
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Category:Flora of New South Wales
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)