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Acidonia microcarpa (R.Br.) L.A.S.Johnson & B.G.Briggs

Reference
Bot.J.Linn.Soc. 70:175 (1975)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.6-3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange, Oct to Dec. White, grey or black peaty sand, sandy clay. Swamp edges, creek beds, lake margins.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 July 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.6-3 m high; branchlets hairy, ribbed. Leaves alternate, 35-110 mm long, 1-1.8 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, smooth, the margins revolute; apex obtuse. Inflorescences yellow, hairy. Perianth 8-10.5 mm long, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.5-0.7 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 8-10 mm long. Flowers in October or December. Occurs in the in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Cranbrook, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet.