- Reference
- Blumea 50(2):394,Fig.2 (2005)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub (or subshrub), to 0.6 m high. Black clay, heavy river clay. Flood plains, river banks.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 50-110 mm long, 20-70 mm wide, not lobed or tripartitely lobed, simply (once-)lobed; margins dentate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 5-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 12-15 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 20-25 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 35-50 mm long, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0.8 mm long; anthers 1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs present, stellate hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, 16 mm long, with five or numerous style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines present; calyx persistent to mature fruit; seeds per loculus 2-4. Flowering time June or August. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Central Kimberley and Dampierland.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, Mount Eliza, Pentecost.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley.