- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:70 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Columnar, non-lignotuberous shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. cream & red, Jul to Aug. Gravelly loam or sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 55-125 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-40 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 5-12 lobes on each side, the margins recurved or revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, pink or brown; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 14-18 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 18-22 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), ovate, 7-9 mm long. Flowers in July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Katanning, Kent, Plantagenet, Wagin, Woodanilling.