Halgania brachyrhyncha
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|species = brachyrhyncha
|authority = Peter G.Wilson{{cite web |title=Halgania brachyrhyncha |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/118819 |publisher=Australian Plant Census |access-date=19 July 2024}}
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Halgania brachyrhyncha is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae. It is a small perennial shrub with blue flowers and grows in New South Wales and Queensland.
Description
Halgania brachyrhyncha is a small, low, understory shrub {{cvt|0.3-0.6|m}} high with conspicuous hairs. The leaves are elliptic to oblanceolate, tapering toward the stem, {{cvt|1.5-4.5|cm}} long {{cvt|5-20|mm}} wide, margins toothed and apex gradually tapering to a point. The blue flowers are borne at the end of the stems in loose clusters, {{cvt|8-10|mm}} in diameter on a pedicel {{cvt|4-10|mm}} long, corolla lobes {{cvt|5-6|mm}} long, sepals {{cvt|3-4|mm}} long, fused at the base and anthers {{cvt|1.8-2.3|mm}} long. Flowering occurs from October to January and fruit is a fleshy drupe containing one or two seeds.{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=G. |title=Halgania brachyrhyncha |url=https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Halgania~brachyrhyncha |website=PlantNET-NSW Flora online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney |access-date=21 July 2024}}{{cite book |last1=Fairley |first1=Alan |title=Seldom Seen Rare Plants of Greater Sydney |date=2004 |publisher=Louise Egerton |isbn=1876334991 |pages=108}}
Taxonomy and naming
Halgania brachyrhyncha was first formally described in 1990 by Peter G. Wilson and the description was published in the journal Telopea.{{cite web |title=Halgania brachyrhyncha |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/rest/instance/apni/552997 |publisher=Australian Plant Name Index |access-date=21 July 2024}}{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Peter |title=Halgania brachyrhyncha |journal=Telopea |date=1990 |volume=4 |issue=1 |page=137 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/290492#page/149/mode/1up |access-date=21 July 2024}} The specific epithet (brachyrhyncha) means "short beak" a reference to the anthers.
Distribution and habitat
This species grows on infertile soils on ridges, hillsides in a variety of vegetation types north of Nowra and southern Queensland.