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Petrophile pilostyla subsp. syntoma Rye & Hislop

Reference
Nuytsia 15(3):479-480, Fig 2H (2005)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 1 m high. Yellow sand. Crests of sand dunes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 March 2007

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 20-80 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex pungent, 2-3 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, white, cream or yellow. Perianth 12-13 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 10-12 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 5-5.5 mm long, the brush 2.5-3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Greater Geraldton.