The young stems of the vine are covered with fine hairs. The glossy, elliptical leaves are 4–9 cm long and 1.5–3 cm wide. The plant flowers throughout the year; the terminal or axillary inflorescences comprise clusters of orange to reddish-brown, sometimes yellowish, small honey-scented flowers. The ribbed, flattened, ellipsoidal seeds are 1.5 cm long.[1]
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^ abc"Parsonsia howeana". PlantNET: NSW Flora Online. National Herbarium of NSW: Sydney. Retrieved 23 January 2014.
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parsonsia, howeana, vigorous, twining, vine, family, apocynaceae, endemic, australia, subtropical, lord, howe, island, tasman, common, island, forests, elevations, scientific, classification, kingdom, plantae, clade, tracheophytes, clade, angiosperms, clade, e. Parsonsia howeana is a vigorous twining vine of the family Apocynaceae It is endemic to Australia s subtropical Lord Howe Island in the Tasman Sea It is common in the island s forests at low elevations 1 Parsonsia howeana Scientific classification Kingdom Plantae Clade Tracheophytes Clade Angiosperms Clade Eudicots Clade Asterids Order Gentianales Family Apocynaceae Genus Parsonsia Species P howeana Binomial name Parsonsia howeanaJ B Williams 1 Occurrence data from GBIF Synonyms Parsonsia straminea var glabrata PichonDescription editThe young stems of the vine are covered with fine hairs The glossy elliptical leaves are 4 9 cm long and 1 5 3 cm wide The plant flowers throughout the year the terminal or axillary inflorescences comprise clusters of orange to reddish brown sometimes yellowish small honey scented flowers The ribbed flattened ellipsoidal seeds are 1 5 cm long 1 References edit a b c Parsonsia howeana PlantNET NSW Flora Online National Herbarium of NSW Sydney Retrieved 23 January 2014 nbsp This Apocynaceae article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp This Australian asterid article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Parsonsia howeana amp oldid 1096511298, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
