Operation Wildflower
  • Home
  • Albums
  • Links
    • Botanical Gardens
    • Other Sites
    • OWF Sites
  • Information
    • About Us
    • Articles
    • Contact Us
    • Disclaimer
    • Glossary
    • Plant Records
      • Aloes
      • Bulbs
      • Climbers
      • Cycads
      • Euphorbias
      • Ferns
      • Grasses
      • Herbs
      • Orchids
      • Parasites
      • Shrubs
      • Succulents
      • Trees
    • Sources of Information
    • Subject Index
Home Home » GENERA P » Podalyria » Podalyria myrtillifolia September flowers
Back to Category Overview
Total images in all categories: 12,791
Total number of hits on all images: 8,270,149

Podalyria myrtillifolia September flowers

Podalyria myrtillifolia September flowers
Start View full size
[Please activate JavaScript in order to see the slideshow]
Previous Previous
Image 15 of 16  
 
  • Podalyria
  • Podalyria bearing white flowers
  • Podalyria burchellii
  • Podalyria burchellii flowers
  • Podalyria burchellii fruit pod
  • Podalyria burchellii leaves
  • Podalyria calyptrata
  • Podalyria calyptrata after flowering
  • Podalyria calyptrata flowers
  • Podalyria calyptrata, the legume bearing legumes
  • Podalyria hirsuta
  • Podalyria hirsuta pods
  • Podalyria hirsuta young leaves
  • Podalyria myrtillifolia
  • Podalyria myrtillifolia bearing hairy fruit
  • Podalyria myrtillifolia September flowers

Image information

Description

The grey-green leaves of Podalyria myrtillifolia fold in along their midribs. The leaf-tips vary from rounded and slightly pointed to notched. The petioles (leaf stalks) are short.

The specific name, myrtillifolia, is derived from the Greek word murtos meaning myrtle denoting a genus of shrubs, -illus meaning diminutive and folium (Latin) meaning leaf. So the name conveys the information that the plant has small myrtle-like leaves, useful to those familiar with the myrtles or a specific myrtle.

The pink petals of the flowers shade to white near the base. The plant was flowering near Gansbaai (Manning, 2007; Andrew, 2017).

Hits
683
Photographer
Thabo Maphisa
Author
Ivan Latti
 
Back to Category Overview
Powered by JoomGallery