Synaphea lesueurensis A.S.George

Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 80-140 mm long, hairy; petiole hairy; lamina flat, once divided or twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, deeply divided or divided to the midrib, indumentum spreading; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 40-75 mm; terminal leaf lobe 12-25 mm long, 3-5 mm wide; lowest lobes 35-60 mm long. Inflorescences yellow; scape 50-190 mm long; floral bracts 1.3-1.7 mm long. Perianth 4.5-6.2 mm long, glabrous; adaxial tepal 4.5-6.2 mm long; abaxial tepal 3.7-4.3 mm long; ovary hairy, style glabrous; style including stigmatic disc 3-3.7 mm long, entire; stigma 1.2-1.5 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide. Follicles 5-6 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).