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Brachychiton acuminatus Guymer

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 1:251-254,Fig.23 (1989)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tree, 2.5-6 m high. Fl. white, May or Aug to Oct. Skeletal soils. Rock outcrops, rocky scarps, rugged hills & ranges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 September 1996

Scientific Description

Tree, with glabrous stems. Leaves 110-320 mm long, 100-240 mm wide, palmately 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. Corolla white or cream. Flowering time May, August, September or October. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Hamersley, Roebourne.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Karratha, Meekatharra.