Lechenaultia macrantha
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}
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|name = Wreath leschenaultia
|image = Wreath Lechenaultia (Lechenaultia macrantha), September 2021 09.jpg
|image_caption = Lechenaultia macrantha near Mullewa
|genus = Lechenaultia
|species = macrantha
|authority = K.Krause{{cite web |title=Lechenaultia macrantha |url=https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/95457 |website=Australian Plant Census |access-date=23 February 2022}}
|image2 =THE AREA WITH WREATH FLOWERS ALONG THE ROAD.jpg
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Lechenaultia macrantha, commonly known as wreath leschenaultia,{{FloraBase|name=Lechenaultia macrantha|id=7583}} is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to inland areas of south-western Western Australia. It is a low-lying, wreath-like herb or subshrub with narrow, rather fleshy leaves, and yellow petals with deep pink or red wings.
Description
Lechenaultia macrantha is a wreath-like, low-lying, mostly glabrous herb or subshrub with few branches, typically up to {{cvt|15|cm}} high and about {{cvt|1|m}} in diameter. The leaves are crowded, narrow, rather fleshy and {{cvt|25–45|mm}} long. The flowers are arranged in compact groups, the sepals {{cvt|20.5–33|mm}} long and the petals {{cvt|25–35|mm}} long and densely hairy inside the petal tube. The petals are yellow with deep pink or red wings {{cvt|4.5–8.5|mm}} wide. The upper petal lobes are erect, the lower lobes spreading. Flowering occurs from August to November, and the fruit is {{cvt|22–33|mm}} long.{{cite web |last1=Morrison |first1=David A. |title=Lechenaultia macrantha |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Lechenaultia%20macrantha |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra |access-date=23 February 2022}}{{cite web |title=Lechenaultia macrantha |url=http://anpsa.org.au/l-macr.html |publisher=Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) |access-date=23 February 2022}}
Taxonomy
Lechenaultia macrantha was first formally described in 1912 by Kurt Krause in Adolf Engler's journal Das Pflanzenreich from material collected by Max Koch near Wubin in 1905.{{cite web|title=Lechenaultia macrantha|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/29439 |publisher=APNI|access-date=23 February 2022}}{{cite journal |last1=Krause |first1=Kurt |last2=Engler |editor1=Heinrich G.A. |title=Goodeniaceae. |journal=Das Pflanzenreich IV |date=1912 |volume=54 |issue=277 |page=100 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/68128#page/106/mode/1up |access-date=23 February 2022}} The specific epithet (macrantha) means "large-flowered".{{cite book |last1=Sharr |first1=Francis Aubi |last2=George |first2=Alex |title=Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings |date=2019 |publisher=Four Gables Press |location=Kardinya, WA |isbn=9780958034180 |page=246 |edition=3rd}}
Distribution and habitat
Wreath lechenaultia grows in open areas in sandy or gravelly soil between Tallering Peak on Tallering Station and Coorow, and near Nerren Nerren Station near Kalbarri and Boolardy Station, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of inland south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
This lechenaultia is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Use in horticulture
References
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Category:Asterales of Australia