Английская Википедия:Hyalosperma praecox
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Hyalosperma praecox commonly known as fine-leaf sunray,[1] is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is an upright, annual herb with stems branching from the base and yellow or white flowers and grows in New South Wales and Victoria.
Description
Hyalosperma praecox is an upright, multi-stemmed annual Шаблон:Cvt high with stems arising from the base. The leaves are narrow, green, Шаблон:Cvt long, decreasing in size toward the apex, upper leaves with a dry appendage, and tapering to a point. The white or yellow flowers are borne singly, bracts in several rows, outer bracts about Шаблон:Cvt long, inner bracts about Шаблон:Cvt long, corolla has five lobes and about Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs in spring and the fruit is an oval-shaped cypsela about Шаблон:Cvt long and may be either smooth or warty.[2][3]
Taxonomy and naming
This species was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller and given the name Helipterum praecox.[4] In 1989 Paul Graham Wilson changed the name to Hyalosperma praecox and the description was published in Nuytsia.[5][6] The specific epithet (praecox) means "early".[7]
Distribution and habitat
Fine-leaf sunray grows in open forests or grasslands on sand or heavy loam soils in New South Wales and Victoria.[1]
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