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Philotheca wonganensis (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson

Reference
Nuytsia 12:256 (1998)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. white & pink, Aug to Oct. Red sandy soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 August 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 3-13 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; calyx present, 0.8-1 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2.5-3 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 0.7-1 mm long, with an appendage; style 2-2.4 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Katanning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Chapman Valley, Wongan-Ballidu.