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Corchorus tectus Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 6:621-622, Fig. 15 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Spreading shrub, 0.4-0.7 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Aug. Stony loamy sand, sandy clay. Hills, floodplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 26 April 2007
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Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 25-65 mm long, 7-20 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 10-12 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 5-6 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx cream or white, 7 mm long, the lobes free, Sessile glands absent, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 7 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 5-9 mm long; anthers 1.4-1.5 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent. Flowering time March, April, May, June, July or August. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Roebourne.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Karratha, Port Hedland.