Macgregoria racemigera (spinifex snow, desert snow, carpet-of-snow)[2] is a small plant in the family Celastraceae) found in inland Australia from New South Wales through Queensland, the Northern Territory to Western Australia, and South Australia.[3][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Celastrales |
| Family: | Celastraceae |
| Genus: | Macgregoria |
| Species: | M. racemigera
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Macgregoria racemigera is an erect annual herb with slender stems spreading over the ground and growing up to 15 cm by 30 cm in diameter. The leaves are linear and 5 to 15 mm long by 1 mm wide. The raceme is dense and from 4 to 11 cm long, with the flowers subtended by a bract at the base of the pedicel. The flowers are white, often having a pink throat and are strongly scented. The five unwinged fruit segments[4] are obovoid, densely papillose, and covered in hooked hairs.[5] The flowers with their lovely perfume are seen in the dry season.[6]
Macgregoria racemigera was first described in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller from a specimen collected by Ernest Giles in the MacDonnell Ranges.[7][8]
Aboriginal names edit
The Walmajarri people of the southern Kimberley call this plant jaliji (a name given to plants with pretty flowers but having no specific use).[6] The Warlpiri use several names: ngapa-jakajaka, ngapajimpi, ngapa-taraki-taraki.[2]
Gallery edit
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Macgregoria racemigera in Ledknapper Nature Reserve -
Macgregoria racemigera in Ledknapper Nature Reserve
References edit
- ^ a b "Macgregoria racemigera F.Muell. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b "NT Flora: Macgregoria racemigera". eflora.nt.gov.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ Atlas of Living Australia. "Species: Macgregoria racemigera". bie.ala.org.au. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
- ^ "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Macgregoria". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ "PlantNET - FloraOnline: Macgregoria recemigera". plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b Bessie Doonday; Charmia Samuels; Evelyn (Martha) Clancy; et al. (2013). "Walmajarri plants and animals". Northern Territory Botanical Bulletin. 42: 91. Wikidata Q106088428.
- ^ "Macgregoria racemigera". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
- ^ Mueller, F.J.H. von (1874). "Macgregoria racemigera". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 8 (66): 161.
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