- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:70 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. White or grey sand over laterite, gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.30-0.40 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 45-105 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, hairy; petiole 2-5 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 10-30 lobes on each side, the margins recurved or revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), cream; innermost bracts 8-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 19-22 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 25-28 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 7-9 mm long. Flowers in September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan.