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Petrophile chrysantha Meisn.

Reference
Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:68 (1855)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. cream/yellow, Jun to Oct. Sandy gravelly soils, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 September 1999
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 10-20 mm long, hairy; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 3-7 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 2-3 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 8-10 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 8-13 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2-3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Three Springs.