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Petrophile diversifolia R.Br.

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:70 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Slender, generally single-stemmed, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.7-3 m high. Fl. cream-white-pink, Sep to Dec. Laterite, gravelly sandy soils, clay.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 30-110 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (20-)35-54(-84) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 7-15 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white, pink or grey. Perianth 10-13 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 10-15 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 3.5-4 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 20-25 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cranbrook, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet.