Stackhousia monogyna
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Stackhousia monogyna, commonly known as Creamy Stackhousia or Creamy Candles, is a perennial herb species in the family Celastraceae
. It is native to Australia
. Plants grow to 70 cm high and produce a terminal spike of white, cream or yellow flowers between August and January in the species native range.
The species was first formally described in 1805 by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière
in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen
. His description was based on plant material collected in Tasmania.
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae , is a family of about 90-100 genera and 1,300 species of vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales...
. It is native to Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. Plants grow to 70 cm high and produce a terminal spike of white, cream or yellow flowers between August and January in the species native range.
The species was first formally described in 1805 by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière
Jacques Labillardière
Jacques-Julien Houtou de Labillardière was a French naturalist noted for his descriptions of the flora of Australia. Labillardière was a member of a voyage in search of the La Pérouse expedition...
in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen
Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen
Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen is a two volume work describing the flora of Australia. The author was the French botanist Jacques Labillardière, who visited the region in 1792 with the d'Entrecasteaux expedition...
. His description was based on plant material collected in Tasmania.