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Stirlingia seselifolia Domin

Reference
Věstn.Král.České Společn.Nauk.Tř.Mat.-Přír. 2:7 (1923)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect perennial, herb or shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. cream-yellow-brown, Sep to Oct. Sand over laterite. Low-lying areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 September 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-4 m high; branchlets glabrous, ribbed. Leaves alternate, 40-95 mm long, glabrous; petiole glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 15-60 mm. Inflorescences yellow; scape 270-650 mm long, glabrous; floral bracts 1.4-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 6-6.5 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary hairy, sessile; pistil 7-7.5 mm long, style glabrous. Follicles not viscid. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Collie, Kojonup, Manjimup, Nannup.