Orites lancifolius | |
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Orites lancifolius in Baw Baw National Park. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Orites |
Species: | O. lancifolius
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Binomial name | |
Orites lancifolius |
Orites lancifolius, commonly known as alpine orites, is a shrub in the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. [2] [3] The species has a spreading habit and may be a prostrate or up to 2 metres high. [2] The leaves are 1 to 3 cm long, and 5 to 12 mm wide. [2] White to pale yellow flowers appear between December and January (early to mid summer) in its native range. [2] The species was first formally described in 1855 by botanist Ferdinand von Mueller from plant material that he collected "on the rocky summits of the Australian Alps (5-6000 feet high)". [1]
Orites lancifolius occurs in alpine and subalpine areas of New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria in heath and tussock grassland amongst granite rocks.