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Petrophile ericifolia R.Br. subsp. ericifolia

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Grey, yellow or white sand, gravel. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 5-10 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex obtuse, 0.2-0.4 mm long, with 0.2 points or lobes. Inflorescences viscid, yellow. Perianth 10-14 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 10-14 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 3-4 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 20-25 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Katanning, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, West Arthur, Wickepin, Woodanilling.