- Reference
- A.DC., Prodr. 14:275-276 (1856)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Upright, open shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. yellow-cream-white, Aug to Oct. Grey/yellow sand, sometimes with gravel, laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 35-70 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, deeply divided, with (2-)5-7 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 25-45 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white or cream. Perianth 10-12 mm long, glabrous; pistil 15-20 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 3-4 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 30-40 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Gingin, Koorda, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Northampton, Perenjori, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu.