- Reference
- Nuytsia 16(2):475 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Prostrate shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 220-370 mm long, 60-120 mm wide, hairy; petiole 30-55 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 19-32 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), pink; innermost bracts 15-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 40-42 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 42-44 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 17-18 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kent, Lake Grace.