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Cheilocostus potierae


BOTANICAL NAME: Cheilocostus potierae
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PRIMARY SOURCE USED FOR DESCRIPTION:Rosemary Smith, Flora of Australia, 1987
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NOTES AND DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS:Described by Rosemary Smith in Flora of Australia. She distinguishes this from C. speciosus by its yellow, rather than white flowers, and a smaller labellum. Maas maintains that this is not a separate species but a form of C. speciosus.
NATURAL DISTRIBUTION:Queensland, Australia - around Rockingham Bay and on the islands of Torres Strait, found only on coastal lowlands in high rainfall country.
HEIGHT:0 to 4 meters
Botanical Description for this Species
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Descriptions used for plant identification key are shown in BOLD.
Plant PartGeneralColorHairsTextureShape LengthWidth
Rhizome




0 to 0 cm0 to 0 cm
Sheath

pubescent


0 to 0 cm 0 to 0 mm
Ligule

ciliate

truncate
0 to 0 mm 0 to 0 mm
Petiole



short
0 to 0 mm 0 to 0 mm
Leaf shortly petiolate or subsessile.



oblong-lanceleolate, acuminate.
 0 to 0 cm 0 to 0 cm
...upper

glabrous




...under

pubescent




...base






...apex




0 to 0 mm
Inflorescence terminal on leafy shoot



globose to ovoid
0 to 9 cm 0 to 0 cm
Bract tips pungent
 becoming bright red
pubescent

ovate, acute
 0.0 to 0.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm
Appendage




0.0 to 0.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm
Bracteole shorter than bracts




0.0 to 0.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm
Flower
yellow-cream


0 to 0 cm 0 to 0 cm
Calyx

pubescent

3 lobed
0.0 to 0.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm
Corolla



equal
0.0 to 2.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm
Labellum



orbicular
2.5 to 3.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm
Stamen




0.0 to 0.0 cm 0.0 to 0.0 cm

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