Skip to main content

Triumfetta rupestris Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 4:557-559,Fig.10E (1997)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading to ascending shrub, 0.3-0.6(-1.5) m high. Fl. yellow, Jun. Sandstone. Steep rocky slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 October 1997

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-50 mm long, 15-25 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), 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 present; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Flowering time June. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Ord-Victorian-Plain. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

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