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Anthotium odontophyllum L.W.Sage
Durell's Anthotium

Reference
Nuytsia 12(2):229-230 (1998)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, tufted clonal herb, 0.05-0.08 m high, leaves spathulate, 2-6 mm wide; flowering stalks 0.9-3 cm long, usually just shorter than leaves. Fl. white-cream, Nov to Dec. Sandy, clay or loamy soils over laterite. Eucalypt woodland over low heath.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 November 1998
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 2-9 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile), glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-4 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 7-9 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy or glabrous on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-4.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2.8-4.5 mm long, wing present on one side only, 0.2 mm wide. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4.4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in November and December. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Narrogin, Pingelly, Wagin, Williams.