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Petrophile macrostachya R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 7 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, compact or spreading, prickly shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. yellow-cream, Jul to Nov. White, yellow/brown sand, gravel. Sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 30-80 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with (7-)9-17(-23) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 25-45 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 7-9 mm long, glabrous; pistil 10-14 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2-3.2 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 20-25 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Bayswater, Cambridge, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Claremont, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalamunda, Nedlands, Northampton, Perth, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Stirling, Subiaco, Swan, Victoria Park, Victoria Plains, Wanneroo.