Solanum ashbyae

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Solanum ashbyae is a species of plant in the family Solanaceae that is endemic to Western Australia.{{FloraBase|name=Solanum ashbyae |id=6989 }} The specific epithet ashbyae honours botanical illustrator and plant collector Alison Ashby.{{cite web |url= http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/ashby-alison-marjorie-12151 |title= Ashby, Alison Marjorie (1901–1987)|accessdate=2014-05-29 |work= Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17 (MUP) |first=Enid |last=Robertson |publisher= National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |year=2007 }}

Description

Its growth form is that of an erect shrub, 0.5–2.5 m in height. It produces blue to purple flowers from April to August.

Distribution and habitat

It occurs on red sand or clay soils on rock outcrops and stony rises in the Gascoyne, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions.

References

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  • {{cite web |title=Solanum ashbyae Symon |work=Atlas of Living Australia |url=https://bie.ala.org.au/species/http://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2888550}}

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ashbyae

Category:Eudicots of Western Australia

Category:Solanales of Australia

Category:Plants described in 1981

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