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Petrophile plumosa Meisn.

Reference
A.DC., Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:69 (1855)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, compact shrub, 0.3-1.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Red/brown laterite, loam. Sandplains, hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 15-30 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, tripartitely divided, entire or shallowly divided, with 2-3 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 10-20 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 15-20 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 18-20 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 3-3.5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 23-25 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Victoria Plains.