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Petrophile imbricata Foreman

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

Shrub, 0.6-2.3 m high. Fl. yellow/cream, Aug to Sep. Lateritic gravelly soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 7-15 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex obtuse. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 18-20 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 20-23 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 5-6 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 16-18 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Boddington, Brookton, Cuballing, Katanning, Pingelly, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling.