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Petrophile carduacea Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Prodr. 14:274 (1856)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Gravelly soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 50-80 mm long, 20-35 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, with (13-)18-22 points or lobes. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 6-8 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 6-10 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 1-3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 20-35 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.