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Lechenaultia hortii L.W.Sage

Reference
Nuytsia 16:161, Fig. 3 (2006)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect to spreading perennial, herb or shrub (subshrub), to 0.4 m high. White-cream sandy soils. Low slopes and flats, road verges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 May 2008
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 3-10 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 12-17 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-9 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white or blue, 13-20 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4-11 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-12 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.5-1.2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8-9 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, York.