- Reference
- A.DC., Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:67 (1855)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bushy, much-branched shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow/cream-white, Aug to Oct. White, yellow/brown sand, rocky loam. Sandplains, lateritic ridges, sandstone hills.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 40-110 mm mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, once divided or twice or more divided, pinnately divided or tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, with 4-7 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 15-40 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white or yellow. Perianth 8-15 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 12-15 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 3-5.5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 20-30 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mingenew, Morawa, Northampton, Three Springs.