Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus

Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus (common name - White rochelia)^[2] is a species of flowering plant in the borage family.^[1] It is native to Australia, being found in all mainland states: New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory,^[3] in moist areas in and around claypans.^[4]

Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus
Flower
Fruit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Boraginales
Family:	Boraginaceae
Genus:	Plagiobothrys
Species:	P. plurisepaleus
Binomial name
Plagiobothrys plurisepaleus (F.Muell.) I.M.Johnst.[1]

Description

The inflorescence is coiled in bud, but generally elongates in fruit. The pedicels are generally 0–1 mm, and the flower is bisexual with the sepals fused below the middle.^[5]

Taxonomy

It was first described as Maccoya sepalea in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller,^[1][6] but was assigned to the genus, Plagiobothrys, in 1928 by Ivan Murray Johnston.^[7]