Abutilon sp. Quobba (H. Demarz 3858)

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 25-45 mm long, 20-50 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves or present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 4-5 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx green, 7-8 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow or orange, 10-17 mm long, hairs or scales present or glabrous, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 4-6 mm long; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 4-6.3 mm long, with five or numerous style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Fruits not accrescent. Flowering time July, August or September. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Carnarvon and Yalgoo. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).