- Reference
- Austrobaileya 4:520,Fig.2F (1997)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, known only from one specimen; fruits 10-12 mm long, 16-20 mm diam.; prickles 3-4 mm long.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 25-50 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 5-6 mm long. 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) absent, 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 absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Flowering time July. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Central Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Hart.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Halls Creek.