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leschenaultia|lɛʃəˈnəʊtɪə|
Also lechenaultia.
[mod.L. (R. Brown Floræ Novæ Hollandiæ (1810) 581), f. the name of L.T. Leschenault de la Tour (1773–1826), French botanist and traveller + -ia1.]
A herb or evergreen shrub of the Australian genus so called, belonging to the family Goodeniaceæ and bearing red, blue, white, or yellow flowers.
1825Curtis's Bot. Mag. LII. 2600 (heading) Handsome Lechenaultia. 1916L. H. Bailey Stand. Cycl. Hort. IV. 1844/2 The leschenaultias require special care in watering. 1955A. Ross Australia 55 44 Thick clusters of blue and red leschenaultia. 1966Times 11 Nov. (W. Austral. Suppl.) p. iv/2 The exquisite sky-blue leschenaultia, fragile as gossamer, shows its versatility by appearing, in different regions, in scarlet, crimson, blood-red, yellow, orange and green-blue. 1967A. M. Blombery Guide Native Austral. Plants 279 It [sc. the genus] is probably best known by the Blue Lechenaultia of W[estern] A[ustralia]. 1972Southerly XXXII. 18 The coffin draped in scarlet with a single bunch of blue leschenaultia, gathered by her friends in the hills. |