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Brunonia australis var. A Kimberley Flora (K.F. Kenneally 5452)

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 30-60 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, Indumentum hairy, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 3.5-5.5 mm long, Indumentum hairy, Hair type with present hairs. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-5.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla blue, 8-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside, with wings, 0-1 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary superior, not gibbose; style 5-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Occurs in the Great Sandy Desert (GSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) and Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Rudall, Shield, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.