Solanum ashbyae

Solanum ashbyae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Solanales
Family: Solanaceae
Genus: Solanum
Species: S. ashbyae
Binomial name
Solanum ashbyae
Symon, 1981

Solanum ashbyae is a species of plant in the nightshade family that is endemic to Western Australia.[1] The specific epithet ashbyae honours botanical illustrator and plant collector Alison Ashby.[2]

Description

Its growth form is that of an erect shrub, 0.5–2.5 m in height. It produces blue to purple flowers from April to August.[1]

Distribution and habitat

It occurs on red sand or clay soils on rock outcrops and stony rises in the Gascoyne, Murchison, Pilbara and Yalgoo IBRA bioregions.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Solanum ashbyae". FloraBase. Department of Environment and Conservation, Government of Western Australia.
  2. Robertson, Enid (2007). "Ashby, Alison Marjorie (1901–1987)". Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 17 (MUP). National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 2014-05-029. Check date values in: |access-date= (help)


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