- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 34 (1840)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bushy shrub, 0.3-1.5(-2) m high. Fl. yellow/cream, Aug to Nov. Sand, loam, sometimes with gravel, laterite. Sandplains, ridges.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 15-90 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided or tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, with (3-)5-6(-7) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 15-30 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 11-13 mm long, glabrous; pistil 11-14 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 4-5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 10-40 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Collie, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Perenjori, Perth, Pingelly, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.