Phebalium bullatum
{{short description|Species of plant}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
|name = Silvery phebalium
|image = Phebalium bullatum.jpg
|genus = Phebalium
|species = bullatum
|authority = J.M.Black{{cite web|title=Phebalium bullatum|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/81363|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=16 June 2020}}
|synonyms= Phebalium glandulosum var. bullatum (J.M.Black) Court
}}
Phebalium bullatum, commonly known as silvery phebalium, desert phebalium{{cite web |title=Phebalium bullatum |url=http://www.flora.sa.gov.au/cgi-bin/speciesfacts_display.cgi?form=speciesfacts&name=Phebalium_bullatum |publisher=State Herbarium of South Australia |accessdate=17 June 2020}} or sand phebalium,{{cite web |title=Phebalium bullatum (Rutaceae) |url=https://spapps.environment.sa.gov.au/SeedsOfSA/speciesinformation.html?rid=3291 |publisher=South Australian Seed Conservation Centre |accessdate=17 June 2020}} is a species of shrub that is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is more or less covered with silvery scales and has narrow oblong to narrow wedge-shaped leaves and yellow flowers in umbels of about six.
Description
Phebalium bullatum is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|2|m}} and is more or less covered with silvery scales. The branchlets are also covered with warty glands. The leaves are thick, narrow oblong to narrow wedge-shaped, {{cvt|6–12|mm}} long, {{cvt|1.5–2|mm}} wide on a short petiole and V-shaped in cross-section. The upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and channelled, the lower surface convex and covered with silvery scales. The flowers are yellow and arranged in umbels of about six, each flower on a pedicel about {{cvt|5|mm}} long. The calyx is hemispherical, about {{cvt|1.5|mm}} long with broad triangular teeth and the petals are broadly elliptical, about {{cvt|3|mm}} long and {{cvt|2|mm}} wide with silvery scales on the back. Flowering occurs from August to October.{{cite journal |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=A Taxonomic Revision of the Genera Crowea, Eriostemon and Phebalium (Rutaceae)|journal=Nuytsia |date=1970 |volume=1 |issue=1 |pages=76–77 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/223300#page/82/mode/1up|accessdate=17 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |title=Phebalium bullatum |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Phebalium%20bullatum |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment, Canberra |accessdate=17 June 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Duretto |first1=Marco |title=Phebalium bullatum |url=https://vicflora.rbg.vic.gov.au/flora/taxon/383bbe19-29f4-4002-9451-1d6814a80086 |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria |accessdate=17 June 2020}}{{cite book|author=Costermans, L.| title=Native Trees and Shrubs of South-eastern Australia |publisher=Rigby|location=Australia | year=1981 | isbn=072701403X}}
Taxonomy
Phebalium bullatum was first formally described in 1916 by John McConnell Black and the description was published in Transactions and proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia.{{cite web|title=Phebalium bullatum|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/497849|publisher=APNI|accessdate=17 June 2020}}{{cite journal |last1=Black |first1=John McConnell |title=Additions to the Flora of South Australia. No. 10. |journal=Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of South Australia |date=1916 |volume=40 |pages=460–461 |url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/109654#page/480/mode/1up |accessdate=17 June 2020}}
Distribution and habitat
Silvery phebalium is found on sandy soils in mallee scrub between the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia and north-western Victoria.
References
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Category:Flora of South Australia
Category:Flora of Victoria (state)