Geleznowia verrucosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Rutaceae. It is a small shrub with oval-shaped leaves, yellow flowers and is endemic to Western Australia.
Geleznowia verrucosa is a shrub to Шаблон:Cvt high with warty branchlets that are covered with star-shaped hairs or scales. The thick, oval-shaped leaves are arranged alternately, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, warty, margins flat, leaves covered in scales or star-shaped hairs. The yellow flowers are borne at the end of branchlets, outer yellow-green bracts are Шаблон:Cvt long, calyxШаблон:Cvt long, warty, mostly smooth except for small, star-shaped hairs on the edges, petals Шаблон:Cvt long, overlapping and smooth. Flowering occurs in July to October.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
Geleznowia verrucosa was first formally described in 1849 by Ukrainian-Russian botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow and the description was published in Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou.[3][4] The specific epithet (verrucosa) means "covered with warts".[5]
Distribution and habitat
This species grows on sand plains and gravelly soils in south-eastern Western Australia north of Perth.[1]
