Lachnostachys eriobotrya

Lachnostachys eriobotrya (common name - Lambswool)[2] is a plant in the Lamiaceae family, native to Western Australia.[1]

Lachnostachys eriobotrya
in Kalbarri National Park
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Lamiaceae
Genus: Lachnostachys
Species:
L. eriobotrya
Binomial name
Lachnostachys eriobotrya
Synonyms[1]

Lachnostachys rodwayana W.Fitzg.
Lachnostachys walcottii F.Muell.
Pycnolachne ledifolia Turcz.
Walcottia eriobotrya F.Muell.

It was first described by Ferdinand von Mueller in 1859 as Walcottia eriobotrya',[3][4] but was transferred to the genus Lachnostachys in 1917 by George Claridge Druce.[3][5]

References
  1. "Lachnostachys eriobotrya (F.Muell.)Druce | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  3. "Lachnostachys eriobotrya". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1859). "Additamenta, index". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 1: 241.
  5. Druce, G.C. (1917). "Nomenclatorial Notes: chiefly African and Australian". The Botanical Exchange Club and Society of the British Isles Report for 1916, Suppl. 2: 630.
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