- Reference
- Nuytsia 3:375-376 (1981)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, lignotuberous shrub, to 0.4 m high, up to 2 m wide. Fl. cream & brown, Oct to Dec. Grey or white sand over laterite.
Scientific Description
Prostrate shrubs; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 180-460 mm long, 40-120 mm wide, hairy; petiole 50-165 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 9-22 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), cream or pink; innermost bracts 8-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 18-24 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 26-33 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), elliptic, 25-40 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Three Springs, Victoria Plains.