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Petrophile pilostyla subsp. austrina Rye & Hislop

Reference
Nuytsia 15:477-478, Fig.2f (2005)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 1 m high. White,yellow or grey sand, laterite gravel. Elevated sites.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 2007

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.4-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 20-60 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex pungent, 1.4-1.5 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, white, cream or yellow. Perianth 18-21 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 18-22 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 3.5-5.5 mm long, the brush 2-2.5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Three Springs.