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Hannafordia quadrivalvis F.Muell. subsp. quadrivalvis

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

Shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. red & yellow/cream, May to Jun or Aug to Sep. Yellow sand or red sandy loam. Granite outcrops, river flats, gorges.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 April 1998
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Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-55 mm long, 12-30 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire or dentate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules apparently absent, even from 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 absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit; carpels 4; seeds per loculus 1. Flowering time May, June, August or September. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Yalgoo, Murchison, Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Merredin, Tallering, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Shark Bay.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Dalwallinu, Greater Geraldton, Menzies, Morawa, Northampton, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo.