Crowea angustifolia
Crowea angustifolia is a flowering plant in the family Rutaceae, and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub growing to high by in diameter with white or pink flowers in spring.
Description
Crowea angustifolia is a variable shrub growing to a height of high, either erect or spreading and diffuse. The leaves are thin, glabrous, linear to broad elliptic, or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base. They are long and less than wide. The flowers usually appear singly in the axils of the leaves on a pedicel long. There are between two and four bracteoles at the base of the flower and five separate sepals which are papery, more or less round and about long. There are five white or pink petals which are egg-shaped, thin and about long. The ten stamens and style are about long. Flowering occurs from September to December.Taxonomy
Crowea angustifolia was first formally described by James [Edward Smith (botanist)|James Edward Smith] in 1808 from a specimen collected by "Mr Menzies near King George's Sound".The specific epithet is derived from the Latin words, angustus meaning "narrow" and folium meaning "leaf".
Two varieties are recognised by the Australian Plant Census:
- C. angustifolia Sm. var. angustifolia Benth. that has more or less linear leaves and usually pink flowers;
- C. angustifolia var. platyphylla Benth. which has broader, more egg-shaped leaves and usually white flowers.