Phelypaea L.

Tutin, T. G., Heywood, V. H., Burges, N. A., Moore, D. M., Valentine, D. H., Walters, S. M. & Webb, D. A., 1972, Flora Europaea. Volume 3. Diapensiacea to Myoporaceae, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press : 294

4. Phelypaea L. 1

Stems slender, simple. Leaves few, amplexicaul. Flowers solitary (very rarely 2), terminal; bracteoles absent. Calyx tubular, 5-lobed, more or less 2-lipped. Corolla more or less 2-lipped, with 5 large, patent lobes. Stamens included. Placentae 4, deeply lobed.

Literature: O. Stapf, Kew Bull. 1915: 285-295 (1915).

Corolla-lobes obovate-orbicular, not overlapping; anthers glabrous

1. coccinea Corolla-lobes orbicular, overlapping; anthers hairy

2. boissieri