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Corchorus trilocularis L.

Reference
Mant.Pl. 77 (1767)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb. Fl. yellow, May to Jun. In crab holes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 17 September 1996
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Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-40 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 9-10 mm long. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio at least 1.5 times as long as wide, hairs and scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx deciduous before maturity; carpels 2; seeds per loculus ≥5. Flowering time May or June. Distribution Botanical Province Northern or Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara, Gascoyne and Victoria Bonaparte.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Keep, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Upper Gascoyne, Wyndham-East Kimberley.