- Reference
- Nuytsia 9(2):262-265,Fig.8 (1993)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading shrub, 0.5-1.7 m high, 0.3-1 m wide. Fl. cream-white, Sep to Oct. Gravelly loam. Along creeklines.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 30-50 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 4-20 mm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, the margins revolute, exposing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, white or cream; pedicels 1.5-2 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1 mm long; pistil 4-6 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 8-10 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Collie, Harvey, Waroona, Williams.