Triumfetta tenuiseta Halford

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 15-65 mm long, 10-30 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire or serrate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 6.5-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 12-14 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages present, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 10-11 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 4-6 mm long; anthers 0.8-1.1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs present, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 8.5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time May or June. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Carnarvon.