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
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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Category:Eudicots of Western Australia
Category:Solanales of Australia
Category:Plants described in 1981
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