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Petrophile incurvata W.Fitzg.

Reference
J.Bot. 50:22 (1912)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Much-branched, bushy shrub, (0.3-)0.6-1.6 m high. Fl. yellow-cream-white, Aug to Oct. Yellow/white sand, gravelly sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 70-120 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, once divided or twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (2-)3-4(-5) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 35-75 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white or yellow. Perianth 10-14 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 15-20 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 4-5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 20-30 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Dalwallinu, Koorda, Moora, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Perenjori, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo.