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Blue leschenaultia - Lechenaultia biloba Photographed in the Australian Botanical Gardens , Mount Anan NSW Australia,Geotagged,Lechenaultia biloba,Summer Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Blue leschenaultia - Lechenaultia biloba

Photographed in the Australian Botanical Gardens , Mount Anan NSW

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''Lechenaultia biloba'', commonly known as the blue leschenaultia, is a plant in the family Goodeniaceae native to Western Australia. It was described in 1839 by John Lindley. The species name refers to the two corolla lobes of the flowers. It is a very variable species.

No type specimen was originally recorded, but David Morrison in his 1986 paper on the genus selected a lectotype that was collected in 1839 by James Drummond near the Swan River. Augustin Pyramus de Candolle described.. more

Similar species: Asterales
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Uploaded Dec 23, 2019. Captured Dec 23, 2019 10:34 in The Australian Botanic Garden, 362 Narellan Rd, Mount Annan NSW 2567, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 650D
  • f/10.0
  • 1/664s
  • ISO800
  • 135mm