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Astrotricha floccosa

Synonyms: Astrotricha floccosa var. angustifolia; Astrotricha floccosa var. brevifolia; Astrotricha floccosa var. subpeltata; Bolax floccipes (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Astrotricha floccosa known as the Flannel Leaf is a plant found in eastern Australia. An erect shrub usually seen around 2 metres tall. Though it can grow to 4 metres tall. The generic name comes from the Greek, meaning “star hairs”, referring to the covering of star like hairs. Floccosa is from the Latin, meaning woolly. The underside of the leaves and stems feature woolly white hairs.
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Attributes

Leaf Type [1]  Evergreen
Structure [1]  Shrub

Predators

Imbophorus aptalis[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0