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Lasiopetalum sp. Weam Reserve (M. Hislop 2755)

Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 11-20 mm long, 7-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 2.5 mm long, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Calyx pink, 3-4.5 mm long, the lobes free, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla 0.7 mm long. Stamens five. Ovary; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 5 mm long, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time September. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Avon Wheatbelt. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Brookton.