- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, ?lignotuberous shrub, to 0.45 m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Aug. Sandy loam or sand with gravel.
Scientific Description
Prostrate shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 230-410 mm long, 9-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 70-180 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided or divided to the midrib, with 10-20 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 40-65 mm long, hairy. Perianth 36-45 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 43-50 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 13-16 mm long. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Plantagenet, Yilgarn.