| 词条 | Thomasia pygmaea |
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|name = Tiny thomasia |image = Thomasia_pygmaea.jpg |genus = Thomasia |species = pygmaea |authority = (Turcz.) Benth. | synonyms = Asterochiton pygmaeus Turcz. |}} Thomasia pygmaea, the tiny thomasia, is a small shrub which is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It grows to between 0.05 and 0.3 metres in height.[1] Flowers are produced between August and November in its native range.[1] These are pinkish-mauve and covered with small red dots.[2] The species was first formally described by botanist Nicolai Stepanovitch Turczaninow in Bulletin de la Societe Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscou in 1806.[4] He gave it the name Asterochiton pygmaeus .[3] George Bentham transferred the species to the genus Thomasia in 1863.[3] CultivationThomasia pygmaea is an attractive small shrub, useful for edging, container growing or in rockeries.[2] It requires a light soil with good drainage and tolerates some shade and light frost.[2]References1. ^1 {{FloraBase|name=Thomasia pygmaea|id=5095}} {{Taxonbar|from=Q7795562}}{{Malvales-stub}}{{WesternAustralia-plant-stub}}{{Australia-rosid-stub}}2. ^1 2 {{cite book|author=Greig, D.| title=The Australian Gardener's Wildflower Catalogue| publisher=Angus & Robertson|location= Australia | year=1987 | isbn=0207154600}} 3. ^1 2 {{APNI | name = Thomasia pygmaea | id = 11402}} 3 : Rosids of Western Australia|Plants described in 1806|Thomasia |
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