Philotheca reichenbachii
{{Short description|Species of shrub}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Speciesbox
| name =
| image = Pink citrus flower Ku-ring-gai Chase.jpg
| image_caption = Ku-ring-gai Chase National Park, Australia
| genus = Philotheca
| species = reichenbachii
| authority = Sieber ex Spreng.{{cite web|title=Philotheca reichenbachii|url= https://biodiversity.org.au/nsl/services/apc-format/display/67389|publisher=Australian Plant Census|accessdate=12 August 2020}}
| synonyms =
- Philotheca australis var. reichenbachiana Maiden & Betche orth. var.
- Philotheca australis var. reichenbachii (Sieber ex Spreng.) Maiden & Betche
- Philotheca longifolia Turcz.
- Philotheca reichenbachiana Rchb. orth. var.
- Philotheca reicheubachiana Rchb. orth. var.
}}
Philotheca reichenbachii is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with upright branchlets, crowded, linear or cylindrical leaves and pink to purple flowers arranged singly or in twos or threes on the ends of branchlets.
Description
Philotheca reichenbachii is a shrub that typically grows to a height of {{cvt|1|m}} and has upright branchlets covered with stiff hairs. The leaves are crowded near the ends of branchlets, linear or more or less cylindrical, glandular-warty, {{cvt|10–20|mm}} long and {{cvt|1–1.5|mm}} wide. The flowers are arranged singly or in twos or threes on the ends of branchlets and have broadly triangular sepals {{cvt|1–1.5|mm}} long. The petals are pink to purple, lance-shaped, {{cvt|10–15|mm}} long and the stamens are densely hairy and joined along their lower half. Flowering occurs from August to December and the fruit is oblong, {{cvt|5–6|mm}} long.{{cite book |last1=Wilson |first1=Paul G. |last2=Wilson |first2=Annette J.G. (ed.) |title=Flora of Australia (Volume 26) |date=2013 |publisher=Australian Biological Resources Study |location=Canberra |pages=371–372 |url=https://profiles.ala.org.au/opus/foa/profile/Philotheca%20reichenbachii |accessdate=12 August 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Weston |first1=Peter H. |last2=Harden |first2=Gwen J. |title=Philotheca reichenbachii |url=http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Philotheca~reichenbachii |publisher=Royal Botanic Garden Sydney |accessdate=12 August 2020}}
Taxonomy
Philotheca reichenbachii was first formally described in 1827 by Sprengel from an unpublished description by Franz Sieber and the description was published in the 17th edition of Systema Vegetabilium.{{cite web|title=Philotheca reichenbachii|url= https://id.biodiversity.org.au/instance/apni/475739|publisher=APNI|accessdate=12 August 2020}}
Distribution and habitat
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Category:Flora of New South Wales