Flora of Denmark WA - Astartea
Astartea from the goddess Astarte (equivalent to Venus) to whom the myrtles were sacred.
The following table lists the Astartea species which are shown by Florabase to have been collected in Denmark Shire. The second column shows whether the species was included in the book Flora of the South West and under what name if different. If the species was described after Flora of the South West was published, the paper describing the species is noted. Where a species is not included in Flora of the South West I have endeavored to provide some sort of description after the table.
| Species | Included | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| arbuscula (Minute Astartea) |
Yes | As Backea arbuscula Nuytsia 16:152(2006) |
| corniculata | No | See note below |
| glomerulosa | Yes | As A. sp. “Long Stalks” Nuytsia 23:237(2013) |
| leptophylla | Yes | As A. sp. “Rivers” Nuytsia 23:244(2013) |
| pulchella Previously laricifolia |
Yes | As A. sp. “Wing Tips” Nuytsia 25:145(2015) |
| schaueri | Yes | As A. sp. “Big bracteoles” Nuytsia 23:256–7(2013) |
| scoparia | Yes | As A. sp. “Juniperina” Nuytsia 23:257(2013) |
| sp. “Southern Ranges” | No |
A. corniculata
When the book was published there were no collections identified as this species in the area covered by the book. Three collections have since been so identified two of which are in Denmark Shire. There is a full description of the species in Nuytsia 23:229(2013). A short description follows.
Low, lignotuberous shrub. Flowers 4–6.5mm diameter. Sepals prominently horned. Petals 1.7–2.5mm long, white or pale pink. Stamens usually 15–20 in bundles of 2–5 opposite the sepals.
A. sp. “Southern Ranges”
It is hard to get information on ‘phrase name’ species. Three collections have been made in Denmark Shire, all in January 2003 in the same area (Watershed Road). The following description is synthesised from the notes with those collections and the photos on Florabase. Plants lignotuberous, multi-stemmed, stems to 1.5 m, flowers pale, calyx lobes with tubercles and a rounded membranous margin, sepals rounded, ridged, stamens in 5 bundles of 3–5 opposite the sepals.
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