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Internal ID UUID643ffd6ddbfad836091410
Scientific name Lawrencia spicata
Authority Hook.
First published in Hooker's Icon. Pl. 3: t. 262 (1840)

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Lawrencia spicata, commonly known as salt lawrencia, is a species of plant in the mallow family, Malvaceae. It is native to Australia and found in coastal saltmarsh, estuaries, river banks and the margins of salt lakes. It is a perennial herb with fleshy stems and leaves forming a basal rosette from which ascends a dense cylindrical flowering spike, up to 60 cm in height. The leaves are 2–7 cm long with extended stalks, and the flowers are white or yellow with a strong smell.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Plagianthus spicatus Benth. J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 6: 103 (1862)
Sida maritiana Miq. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 79 (1843)
Plagianthus spicatus var. pubescens Benth. Fl. Austral. 1: 189 (1863)

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  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • New South Wales
      • South Australia
      • Tasmania
      • Victoria
      • Western Australia

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World Flora Online wfo-0000443516
Tropicos 100356281
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:561287-1
Open Tree Of Life 628421
NCBI Taxonomy 288281
IPNI 561287-1
GBIF 5618457
Freebase /m/0jl0ytj
Elurikkus 558429
Wikipedia Lawrencia_spicata

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