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Petrophile acicularis R.Br.

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:69 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Tufted shrub, 0.15-0.7(-1) m high. Fl. cream-yellow/white-cream, Sep to Nov. Grey sand, sandy gravelly soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 50-180 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex obtuse, 0.5-1 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 8-12 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 12-20 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 1.5-2.5 mm long, the brush 1.5-2 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Warren (WAR) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Cranbrook, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet.