''Phebalium nottii'', commonly known as pink phebalium, is a species of shrub that is

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to eastern Australia. It has branchlets with silvery scales, oblong to elliptical leaves, deep pink to mauve flowers arranged in

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s of up to six, with the

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s distinctively offset to one side of the flower.

Description

''Phebalium nottii'' is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has branchlets covered with silvery to rusty-coloured scales. The leaves are thin, oblong to elliptical, long and wide on a

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long. The upper surface of the leaves is smooth and

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, the lower surface covered with silvery scales. The flowers are pink to deep mauve and arranged in umbels of up to six flowers, each flower on a

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long. The calyx is cup-shaped, long and wide, covered with silvery to rust-coloured scales inside and out. The

petal Petals are modified leaves that form an inner whorl surrounding the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often brightly coloured or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''corol ...

s are narrow egg-shaped to spatula-shaped, long and wide with the stamens, which have bright yellow anthers, distinctively offset to one side. Flowering occurs in spring.

Taxonomy and naming

This species was first formally described and named as ''Eriostemon nottii'' by

Ferdinand von Mueller Baron Sir Ferdinand Jacob Heinrich von Mueller, (; 30 June 1825 – 10 October 1896) was a German-Australian physician, geographer, and most notably, a botanist. He was appointed government botanist for the then colony of Victoria, Australia ...

in ''

Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae ''Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae'' is a series of papers written by the Victorian Government botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in which he published many of his approximately 2000 descriptions of new taxa of Australian plants. Including the p ...

'' in 1867. In 1899

Joseph Maiden Joseph Henry Maiden (25 April 1859 – 16 November 1925) was a botanist who made a major contribution to knowledge of the Australian flora, especially the genus ''Eucalyptus''. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation when citing ...

and Ernst Betche changed the name to ''Phebalium nottii'', publishing the change in the ''

Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales The Linnean Society of New South Wales promotes ''the Cultivation and Study of the Science of Natural History in all its Branches'' and was founded in Sydney, New South Wales (Australia) in 1874 and incorporated in 1884. History The Society succ ...

''. The

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honours "Dr. Nott, of Gawler".

Distribution and habitat

''Phebalium nottii'' grows on sandstone in forest and occurs in inland Queensland and in the Grafton and Coonamble- Peak Hill districts in New South Wales.

References

External links

Herbarium specimen at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
{{Taxonbar, from=Q5556211 Flora of New South Wales Flora of Queensland nottii Plants described in 1867 Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller