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Petrophile crispata R.Br.

Reference
Suppl.Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holl. 6 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, open shrub, to 0.8 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. Sand over laterite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 40-110 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (8-)12(-16) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 20-25 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white or yellow. Perianth 8-10 mm long, glabrous; pistil 10-15 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2-3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 15-25 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Woodanilling.