- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 1:254-255,Fig.25 (1989)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tree, 3.5-6 m high. Fl. cream, Aug to Sep. Skeletal soils. Rocky limestone ranges, gorges, occasionally sandplains.
Scientific Description
Tree, with glabrous stems. Leaves 90-210 mm long, 70-160 mm wide, tripartitely lobed, simply (once-)lobed; margins entire; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous); stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Calyx green. Fruits indehiscent and splitting into sections (schizocarps), length-width ratio at least 1.5 times as long as wide, mericarps smooth, hairs and scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx deciduous before maturity, not accrescent; carpels 5; seeds per loculus 2-4 or ≥5. Flowering time August or September. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Carnarvon. Conservation Code Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Exmouth.