The Branched Hemigenia is a slender shrub that grows to 0.5 m in height. Leaves are about 1 cm long, in whorls of three, nearly stalkless, linear, with a blunt or pointed tip, and rather rigid. The flowers are blue or purple, and the flowering period is from November to January.
Sargents Snakebush |
Hemigenia ramosissima
Status: Critically Endangered on the EPBC Act list
Colourful Snakebush
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Australian Government, Listing Advices, Hemigenia ramosissima
Description of Threats The main threats to the Branched Hemigenia are road and drain maintenance works; salinity and prolonged waterlogging; competition from weeds; inappropriate fire regimes; and powerline maintenance works (Phillimore and Brown; 2003).
A range of current and potential threats to the species have been identified; including road and drain maintenance works; salinity and prolonged waterlogging; competition from weeds; inappropriate fire regimes; and powerline maintenance works.
A range of current and potential threats to the species have been identified; including road and drain maintenance works; salinity and prolonged waterlogging; competition from weeds; inappropriate fire regimes; and powerline maintenance works.
This geographic distribution is precarious for the survival of the species; due to its highly fragmented state and a number of current and potential threats directly impacting the species; including road and drain maintenance works; salinity and prolonged waterlogging; competition from weeds; inappropriate fire regimes; and powerline maintenance works.
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