- 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.
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).
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.