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Petrophile ericifolia subsp. subpubescens (Domin) Foreman

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:475 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Sandy loam, brown sand. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 3-5 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex obtuse, 0.2-0.4 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 10-14 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 13-16 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 3-5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 13-15 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Cunderdin, Dowerin, Kellerberrin, Merredin, Moora, Northam, Tammin, Victoria Plains, York.