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Hibiscus kenneallyi Craven, F.D.Wilson & Fryxell

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 16:200,Figs 9,10 (2003)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 2 m high. Fl. pink, May to Jun. Coastal soils, sandstone. In rock crevices, cliff tops.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 March 2004

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 60-130 mm long, 40-100 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with Simple hairs (without tubercle bases), with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves or present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 12-15 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 26 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 12-15 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present or absent, stellate hairs absentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 20-25 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla pink, 75 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0.8-1 mm long; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 30 mm long, with five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit, 25 mm long, accrescent; seeds per loculus 2-4. Flowering time May or June. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.