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Commersonia Prostrata
''Commersonia prostrata'', commonly known as dwarf kerrawang, is a species of flowering plant in the family Malvaceae and endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is a prostrate shrub with trailing branches, egg-shaped leaves, the lower surface densely covered with star-like hairs, white, petal-like sepals, and smaller, pinkish petals. Description ''Commersonia prostrata'' is a prostrate shrub that has branches up to or more long, and forms dense mats up to high. The leaves are egg-shaped to heart-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long, with egg-shaped stipules long at the base. The edges of the leaves have irregular, rounded teeth, the upper surface of the leaves is glabrous and the lower surface densely covered with star-shaped hairs. The flowers are arranged opposite leaf axils, usually in groups of 3 to 12, the groups on a peduncle long, each flower on a pedicel long. The flowers are up to in diameter and have five white, petal-like sepals long and wide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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