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Petrophile nivea Hislop & Rye

Reference
Nuytsia 14(3):372-373,Fig.1H-K (2002)
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, rigid shrub, to 0.6 m high. Fl. white, May or Jul. Dry bare white sand over gravel over laterite. Uplands.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 November 2001
Image

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 8-15 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex pungent, 0.7-1 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, white or cream. Perianth 18-20 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 18-20 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 2-2.5 mm long, the brush 1-1.3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales. Flowers in May, June or July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow.