- Reference
- Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:67 (1855)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bushy, spreading, prickly, ground-hugging shrub, 0.2-1(-2) m high. Fl. yellow/cream/white, Jun to Nov. Deep yellow sand, sand & gravel on laterite. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 50-200 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (28-)37(-87) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 35-90 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white or yellow. Perianth 30-35 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 33-35 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2-4 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 3-4 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Tammin, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams, Yilgarn.