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Triumfetta aspera Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 4:516-517,Fig.2D (1997)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spindly shrub, to 1 m high. Sandy clay. At base of massif.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 1997

Scientific Description

Shrub. Stems hairy. Leaves 35-50 mm long, 8-20 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; indumentum present, with stellate hairs; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). 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; apex rounded; prickles present, abundantly covering the fruit; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Flowering time March (?). Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Ord-Victorian-Plain. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Ord Victoria Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Purnululu.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Halls Creek.