Common Name: Hand Flower
Botanical Name: Cheiranthera alternifolia
Family: PITTOSPORACEAE
Description:
Shrub to 50 cm high. Narrow, 1-6 cm long by 1 mm wide, rolled-over edges. Blue flower, yellow anthers, 5-petalled. Spring. Brown capsules, black shiny seeds. Summer.
Shrub to 50 cm high. Narrow, 1-6 cm long by 1 mm wide, rolled-over edges. Blue flower, yellow anthers, 5-petalled. Spring. Brown capsules, black shiny seeds. Summer.
Natural Distribution:
Occurs in temperate woodlands and mallee in all agricultural districts of SA. Also in western Vic.
Occurs in temperate woodlands and mallee in all agricultural districts of SA. Also in western Vic.
Notes:
Recorded as endangered in Kangaroo Island, vulnerable in Murray, threatened in Northern Lofty and rare in the South-East region.
Recorded as endangered in Kangaroo Island, vulnerable in Murray, threatened in Northern Lofty and rare in the South-East region.
