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The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system, WAHerb, and DBCA’s taxonomic names application, WACensus, have been set to read-only mode since 1 October 2025. Recent taxonomic changes are not reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or in the census. We are hoping to be able to reinstate services around December 15; we will provide an update at that time.

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Synaphea sp. Udumung (A.S. George 17058)

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current
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Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 110-355 mm long, hairy; petiole hairy; lamina flat, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, deeply divided, indumentum spreading; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 50-240 mm; terminal leaf lobe 10-20 mm long, 4-5 mm wide; lowest lobes 20-60 mm long. Inflorescences yellow; scape 250-365 mm long; floral bracts 1.7-2.2 mm long. Perianth 4.5-5 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; adaxial tepal 4.5-5 mm long; abaxial tepal 3.5-4.5 mm long; ovary hairy, style glabrous; style including stigmatic disc 2.5-3 mm long, horned; stigma 0.8 mm long, 0.5-0.6 mm wide. Follicles 5-6 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Beverley, Chittering, Gingin, Mundaring, Northam, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Toodyay, Victoria Plains.