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Petrophile stricta Foreman

Reference
Muelleria 7:307-309,Figs.5,6 (1990)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, spreading shrub, 0.6-1.6 m high. Fl. pink-cream, Oct to Dec. Yellow or white sand, sometimes with gravel, laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 45-150 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex pungent, 0.9-1.2 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or pink. Perianth 12-17 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 12-17 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 4-5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 30-47 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Yilgarn.