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Petrophile misturata Foreman

Reference
Fl.Australia 16:476 (1995)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.6-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 8-16 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, once divided or twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, entire or divided to the midrib, straight or curved, scabrous, apex pungent, 0.3-0.5 mm long, with 3-5 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 4-6 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 8-10 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 10-15 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2.5-3.5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Merredin, Quairading, Tammin.