Brachyloma ericoides (Brush Heath)

Common Names

Common Names in English:

Brush Heath

Description

Tribe Senecioneae

The Senecioneae are a tribe of closely related genera that can be recognized most readily by the nature of the pappus and the involucral bracts or phyllaries. The phyllaries are basically in one well developed, often partially or wholly connate series of equal length that closely envelope the head . Frequently there are a few, very much smaller and mostly randomly distributed, often necrotic-tipped bracts near the base of the main series. The pappus is of fine, soft, often pure white capillary hairs . Heads may be either discoid or radiate . -- Gerald Carr.

Physical Description

Habit: Evergreen .

Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: mauve , rose

Size/Age/Growth

Size: 6-12" tall.

Biology

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Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Sun to Partial Shade.

Moisture: Drought Tolerance: High

Taxonomy

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Domain: Eukaryota () - Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- Kingdom: Plantae () - Haeckel, 1866 - Plants
  - Subkingdom: Viridaeplantae () - Cavalier-Smith, 1981
    - Phylum: Tracheophyta () - Sinnott, 1935 Ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998 - Vascular Plants
      - Subphylum: Euphyllophytina ()
        Infraphylum: Radiatopses () - Kenrick & Crane, 1997
        Class: Magnoliopsida () - Brongniart, 1843 - Dicotyledons
        Subclass: Dilleniidae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Superorder: Ericanae () - Takhtajan, 1967
        Order: Ericales () - Dumortier, 1829
        Family: Epacridaceae () - R. Brown, 1810
        Subfamily: Asteroideae ()
        Tribe: Senecioneae ()
        Genus: Brachyloma () - Linnaeus, 1753
        Specific epithet: ericoides - Sond.
        Botanical name: - Brachyloma ericoides Sond.

Notes

Publishing author : Sond. Publication : Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens 1982 (23 Dec. 1982) Basionym author: (Schldl.) Publishing author: Sond. Publication: Linnaea 26: 247 1854An accepted name in the RHS Horticultural Database.

Similar Species

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Members of the genus Brachyloma

There are approximately 45 species in this genus:

B. ciliatum · B. ciliatum var. ciliatum · B. ciliatum var. intermedium · B. concolor · B. daphnoides · B. daphnoides pubescens · B. daphnoides subsp. glabrum · B. daphnoides subsp. pubescens · B. daphnoides var. daphnoides · B. daphnoides var. glabrum · B. delbi · B. depressum · B. elongatum · B. erianthum · B. ericoides (Brush Heath) · B. ericoides subsp. bicolor · B. ericoides subsp. ericoides · B. hirsutum · B. hondense · B. incurvum · B. karstenianum · B. leucomallon · B. longiflorum · B. longifolium · B. longipes · B. molle · B. moritzianum · B. nguba · B. petiolare · B. pictum · B. pilosum · B. preissii · B. preissii var. preissii · B. rhodomallon · B. rhynchocarpum · B. rubicaule · B. rubricaule · B. saxicola · B. scortechinii · B. strictum · B. trianae · B. tubiflora · B. tubiflorum · B. ventricosum · B. vestitum

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Contributors

Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 2 providers.
The International Plant Names Index. Accessed Jan 19, 2007.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:

Australian National Herbarium (CANB)
National Herbarium of New South Wales: NSW herbarium collection

Identifiers

Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 10655767
Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 1131370
Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:67644-3
International Plant Names Index (IPNI) ID: 324919-1
Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 955862