Dicrastylis facts for kids
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Lamiales |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Subfamily: | Prostantheroideae |
| Genus: | Dicrastylis Drumm. ex Harv. |
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Dicrastylis is a special group of plants that belong to the Lamiaceae family, also known as the mint family. These plants were first officially described in 1855. All the different types of Dicrastylis plants are found only in Australia. This means they are endemic to Australia, and you won't find them growing naturally anywhere else in the world! The main plant that helps define this group is called Dicrastylis fulva.
What Dicrastylis Plants Look Like
Dicrastylis plants have interesting fruits. Their fruit is not soft or juicy like a berry. Instead, it's a dry, hard fruit that doesn't open up when it's ripe. Inside, it has four small sections, and each section usually holds one or two tiny seeds.
The outside part of the flower, called the calyx, has five fuzzy, woolly parts. These parts protect the flower before it blooms.
Types of Dicrastylis Plants
There are many different kinds of Dicrastylis plants. Most of them grow in Western Australia. Here are some of the known species and where they are found:
- Dicrastylis archeri Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis beveridgei F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
- Dicrastylis brunnea Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis capitellata Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis cordifolia Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis corymbosa (Endl.) Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis costelloi F.M.Bailey - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
- Dicrastylis cundeeleensis Rye - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis doranii F.Muell. - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
- Dicrastylis exsuccosa (F.Muell.) Druce - Western Australia, South Australia, Northern Territory
- Dicrastylis flexuosa (M.P.Price) C.A.Gardner - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis fulva Drumm. ex Harv. - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis gilesii F.Muell - Western Australia, Northern Territory
- Dicrastylis globiflora (Endl.) Rye - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis incana Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis kumarinensis Rye - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis lewellinii (F.Muell.) F.Muell - South Australia, Northern Territory, Queensland, New South Wales
- Dicrastylis linearifolia Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis maritima Rye & Trudgen - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis micrantha Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis mitchellii Rye - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis nicholasii F.Muell. - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis obovata Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis parvifolia F.Muell - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis reticulata Drumm. ex Harv. - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis rugosifolia (Munir) Rye - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis sessilifolia Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis soliparma Rye & Trudgen - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis subterminalis Rye - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis velutina Munir - Western Australia
- Dicrastylis verticillata J.M.Black - South Australia (According to the Plants of the World online)
