Triumfetta trisecta Halford

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-50 mm long, tripartitely lobed, simply (once-)lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 4-5 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 5-6 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages present, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 2.5-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 3-4 mm long; anthers 0.6-0.7 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles present, abundantly covering the fruit; terminal awns or spines present; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent; seeds per loculus 1, 2-4 or ≥5. Flowering time February. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).