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Synaphea pinnata Lindl.
Helena Synaphea

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 32 (1839)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Low, open shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Nov. Clay, sand, loam, laterite, granite.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 12 September 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 130-390 mm long, hairy; petiole hairy; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, indumentum spreading; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 55-95 mm; terminal leaf lobe 60-90 mm long, 6-8 mm wide; lowest lobes 60-100 mm long. Inflorescences yellow; scape 125-300 mm long; floral bracts 3.5-4.5 mm long. Perianth 7-8.5 mm long, hairy; adaxial tepal 7-8.5 mm long; abaxial tepal 6.5-7.5 mm long; ovary hairy, style glabrous; style including stigmatic disc 3-6 mm long, entire; stigma 1 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide. Flowers in 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).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Gosnells, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan.