Mirbelia longifolia

Mirbelia longifolia
Near Morawa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Mirbelia
Species:	M. longifolia
Binomial name
Mirbelia longifolia C.A.Gardner[1]

Mirbelia longifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.6–2.4 m (2 ft 0 in – 7 ft 10 in) and has yellow or orange and purple flowers from September to October.[2] It was first formally described in 1942 by Charles Gardner in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia.[3][4] The specific epithet (longifolia) means "long-leaved".[5] This mirbelia grows on stony soil in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo bioregions of south-western Western Australia, and is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.[2]

References

1. "Mirbelia longifolia". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
2. "Mirbelia longifolia". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
3. "Mirbelia longifolia". APNI. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
4. Gardner, Charles A. (1943). "Contributiones Florae Australiae Occidentalis, XI". Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia. 27: 177. Retrieved 6 July 2022.
5. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 242. ISBN 9780958034180.