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Hannafordia bissillii F.Muell. subsp. bissillii

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect open or sprawling shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow-green, May to Oct. Red sand.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 25 August 1997

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 15-65 mm long, 4-20 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), 10-15 mm long. Flowering time May, June, July, August, September or October. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara, Little Sandy Desert, Central Ranges, Murchison, Great Victorian Desert and Coolgardie.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.