Trymalium ledifolium
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|genus = Trymalium
|species = ledifolium
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|synonyms =Cryptandra anomala Steud.
Cryptandra floribunda Steud.
Cryptandra glaucophylla Steud.
Cryptandra ledifolia (Fenzl) F.Muell.
Pomaderris rosmarinifolia Steud.
Trymalium rosmarinifolium Reissek
Trymalium vaccinioides Suess.
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Trymalium ledifolium, sometimes called Star Buckthorn, is a plant species in the Rhamnaceae family, found in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub which grows from 0.3 to 2.5 m high, and grows on clay, gravel, loam and sand, on granite, limestone and laterite and on outcrops and dunes. Flowering from June to November, the flowers are a white-cream.
Taxonomy
This species was first described in 1837 by Eduard Fenzl.{{APNI2|id=104070|name=Trymalium ledifolium}}{{cite book |author=Fenzl, E. |editor= Endlicher, S. F. L. |editor2=Fenzl, E. |editor3=Bentham, G. |editor4=Schott, H. W. |date=1837 |chapter= Rhamneae |title=Enumeratio plantarum quas in Novae Hollandiae ora austro-occidentali ad fluvium Cygnorum et in Sinu Regis Georgii collegit Carolus liber baro de Hügel |page= 24}}
Three varieties are recognised:
- Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl var. ledifolium{{Florabase|id=11665|name=Trymalium ledifolium Fenzl var. ledifolium}}
- Trymalium ledifolium var. lineare{{FloraBase|id=15144|name=Trymalium ledifolium var. lineare Rye}}
- Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium (Steud.) Benth.{{Florabase|id=13479|name=Trymalium ledifolium var. rosmarinifolium (Steud.) Benth.}}
Conservation status
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Category:Endemic flora of Western Australia