Английская Википедия:Guichenotia quasicalva
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Guichenotia quasicalva is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, spindly shrub with narrowly egg-shaped to linear leaves and pink flowers in groups of two to four.
Description
Guichenotia quasicalva is a spindly shrub that typically grows to Шаблон:Cvt high and Шаблон:Cvt wide, its new growth covered with golden, star-shaped hairs. Its leaves are narrowly egg-shaped to linear, Шаблон:Cvt long and Шаблон:Cvt wide on a petiole Шаблон:Cvt long with stipules Шаблон:Cvt long at the base. The edges of the leaves are turned down, and both surface are sparsely covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged in cymes of two to four, each flower Шаблон:Cvt in diameter on a peduncle Шаблон:Cvt long. Each flower is on a pedicel Шаблон:Cvt long with bracts Шаблон:Cvt long and bracteoles about Шаблон:Cvt long. The petal-like sepals are pink, joined at the base and glabrous inside, the outer surface covered with scattered, star-shaped hairs. There are tiny, deep red petals but no staminodes. Flowering occurs in September and October.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Guichenotia quasicalva was first formally described in 2003 by Carolyn F. Wilkins and the description was published in Australian Systematic Botany.[3] The specific epithet (quasicalva) means "almost bald", referring to the sparse covering of hairs on the stems, leaves and sepals.[2][4]
Distribution and habitat
This species of guichenotia grows in wet-wet places and near creeks in dense shrubland and open mallee in three populations near Eneabba in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia.[1][2]
Conservation status
Guichenotia quasicalva is listed as "Priority Two" by the Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions,[1] meaning that it is poorly known and from only one or a few locations.[5]
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