Patersonia spirafolia
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Patersonia spirafolia (common name - spiral-leaved Patersonia){{cite web|url=https://www.environment.gov.au/cgi-bin/sprat/public/publicspecies.pl?taxon_id=83927|title=SPRAT: Species Profile and Threats Database: Patersonia spirifolia — Spiral-leaved Patersonia}} is a species of plant in the iris family Iridaceae and is endemic to Western Australia.{{Cite web|title=Patersonia spirafolia Keighery {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:939579-1|access-date=2021-12-04|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}
It was first described by Gregory John Keighery in 1990.{{APNI2|id=203248|name=Patersonia spirafolia}}{{cite Q|Q100730793}} There are no synonyms.
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Description
Patersonia spirafolia is a perennial herb which grows to 50 cm high in tussocks up to 40 cm wide. It has a woody rootstock. The leaves are linear (20 cm by 5 mm) and spirally twisted. The leaf margins are fringed with soft hairs pointing towards the centre of the leaf. The reddish-green scape is up to 25 cm long, 1-2 mm wide. The structure which envelops the flower cluster is brown. The flowers have three broad, mauve sepals and three very small, upright, blue-violet petals.
It is found to the south west of Badgingarra,{{cite web|url=https://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/species/pubs/83927-conservation-advice-01102015.pdf|title=Conservation Advice: Patersonia spirifolia|author=Threatened Species Scientific Committee|date=2015-10-01|access-date=2021-12-05}} growing on sand over laterite.{{FloraBase|id=29612|name=Patersonia spirifolia Keighery}}
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Category:Flora of Western Australia
Category:Plants described in 1990
Category:Taxa named by Gregory John Keighery
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