Mirbelia ovata

Mirbelia ovata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Rosids
Order:	Fabales
Family:	Fabaceae
Subfamily:	Faboideae
Genus:	Mirbelia
Species:	M. ovata
Binomial name
	Mirbelia ovata; Meisn.[1]

Mirbelia ovata is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a spreading or prostrate shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–60 cm (5.9–23.6 in) and many branches, covered with woolly or shaggy hairs. Its leaves are egg-shaped, less than 12 mm (0.47 in) long and sharply-pointed. The flowers are arranged in pairs or threes at the base of branches and are yellow or orange and purple and appear from August to October.[2][3] It was first formally described in 1844 by Carl Meissner in Lehmann's Plantae Preissianae.[4][5] The specific epithet (ovata) means "wider below the middle".[6]

This mirbelia grows on undulating plains in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Warren 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

"Mirbelia ovata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
"Mirbelia ovata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 34. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
"Mirbelia ovata". APNI. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. p. 77. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 268. ISBN 9780958034180.

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[APC-1] "Mirbelia ovata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[FloraBase-2] "Mirbelia ovata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.

[Benth.-3] Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 34. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[APNI-4] "Mirbelia ovata". APNI. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[Meisn.-5] Meissner, Carl; Lehmann, Johann G.C. (1844). Plantae Preissianae. Vol. 1. Hamburg. p. 77. Retrieved 11 July 2022.

[Sharr-6] Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 268. ISBN 9780958034180.