- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, bushy, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Sep. Loam or clay loam over laterite, sandy gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 30-50 mm long, 7-17 mm wide, hairy; petiole 5-15 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 6-10 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), pink; innermost bracts 8-13 mm long, hairy. Perianth 19-23 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 25-29 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 5-6 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Perth, Victoria Plains.