Author:
Jan Scholten
Book:
Qjurious
Type:
Info
Chapter:
3-666.56.__
Rhytidosporum procumbens
English: White marianth.
Region: south-eastern Australia.
Botany
Small perennial plant.
Leaves: narrow; ± 1 cm long and ± 1 mm wide.
Flowers: white appear in spring.
Taxonomy
Rhytidosporum was first formally described in 1836 as Pittosporum procumbens by English botanist William Jackson Hooker. It was transferred to the genus Rhytidosporum in 1862 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller.