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Corchorus mitchellensis Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 6:602-603,627, Fig. 9 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, to 1 m high. Fl. Feb. Sandy or gravelly soils, sandstone. Along drainage lines in dissected sandstone hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 14 February 2006

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-70 mm long, 8-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous); stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 10-20 mm long. Flowering time February. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.