Spyridium minutum

Spyridium minutum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rhamnaceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub with broadly egg-shaped or heart-shaped leaves, and groups of two or three hairy, white flowers.

Description

Spyridium minutum is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of, its branchlets hairy at first, the hairs pressed against the surface. Its leaves are broadly egg-shaped to heart-shaped, long and wide on a petiole long. The edges of the leaves are turned down and the lower surface is densely covered with white hairs. The flowers are white and borne in groups of 2 or 3, wide, the floral tube about long and densely hairy. The sepals are long and densely hairy. Flowering occurs from March to May.

Taxonomy

Spyridium minutum was first formally described in 1995 by Barbara Lynette Rye in the Nuytsia from specimens collected in 1992. The specific epithet means "minute", referring to the size of the plant and all its parts.

Distribution

This spyridium grows on plains in the Coolgardie, Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of southern Western Australia.