Isotoma anethifolia is a small herbaceous plant in the family Campanulaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It has single, mostly white flowers in the leaf axils and slender stems.
Isotoma anethifolia is an upright, perennial herb with wiry stems to Шаблон:Cvt high and may have either smooth or short soft hairs. The narrow leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, Шаблон:Cvt long, Шаблон:Cvt wide, leaf edges pinnatisect and the undivided sections Шаблон:Cvt wide, each lobe about Шаблон:Cvt wide. The star-shaped flowers are mostly white with a light shading of mauve or pink and single in leaf axils. The floral tube is Шаблон:Cvt long, lobes are lance to oblong shaped, pointed and occasionally toothed. The bracts shed early, pedunclesШаблон:Cvt long and calyx lobes Шаблон:Cvt long. The seed capsule is elliptic to cone shaped and Шаблон:Cvt long. Flowering occurs in spring and summer.[1][2]
Taxonomy and naming
This species was first formally described in 1932 by Victor Samuel Summerhayes and the description was published in the Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, (Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew).[3][4] The specific epithet (anethifolia) is derived from the Latinanethum- meaning "anise" and -folius meaning "leaved".[5]
Distribution and habitat
In New South Wales this species grows north of Ebor, in moist, rocky, humus rich soils usually on granite.[1]
