- Reference
- Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:210 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange/brown, Mar to Nov. White-grey or peaty sand. Swamp edges, depressions, seasonally wet flats.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5-2.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 60-120 mm long, 25-35 mm wide, hairy; petiole 18-35 mm long; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex or teeth pointing outwards, with 6-8 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow, orange or brown; innermost bracts 6-8 mm long, hairy. Perianth 17-19 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), awned; pistil 18-20 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Cranbrook, Denmark, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Plantagenet.