- Reference
- J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 50:97 (1967)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Small straggly tree or shrub (several-stemmed), to 4 m high. Fl. cream-white, May or Jul to Aug. Limestone hilltops.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 2-4 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 80-150 mm long, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 65-110 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, white or cream; pedicels 1.5-3 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1-2 mm long; pistil 10-12 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles viscid, dehiscent, 21-27 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July or August. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Carnarvon (CAR) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Exmouth.