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Philotheca kalbarriensis Paul G.Wilson

Reference
Nuytsia 12:252-253 (1998)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 1 m high, leaves narrowly fusiform, ca 4 mm long; flowers solitary, axillary; staminal filaments ciliate. Fl. white, Aug. Yellow sandy clay. Acacia acuminata scrub.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 13 November 1998

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-6 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long; calyx present, 2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4.5-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.8-2.2 mm long, smooth, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 0.7 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo and Geraldton IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Edel, Geraldton Hills.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Greater Geraldton, Northampton.