- Reference
- Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:119 (1855)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Much-branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.5-3 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Apr to Oct. White, grey or yellow sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 90-160 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-25 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 26-36 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow or orange; innermost bracts 12-16 mm long, hairy. Perianth 32-36 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 39-43 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 18-20 mm long. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin, Stirling, Three Springs.