- Reference
- Prodr. Suppl. 28 (1830)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, open shrub, 1-5 m high. Fl. brown, Oct to Nov. Grey sand over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 35-50(-80) mm long, 25-60(-90) mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, divided only at the apex, shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, brown; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 8-10 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 7.5-10 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 34-50 mm long, 20-35 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 20-30 mm long (including wing), 20-30 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Kent, Moora, Narrogin, Plantagenet.