- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:65 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, lignotuberous shrub, to 0.4 m high. Fl. yellow-brown, May to Aug. Sandy & loamy soils, rocky soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.25-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 270-400 mm long, 40-130 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-45 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 17-30 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), cream, pink or brown; innermost bracts 25-30 mm long, hairy. Perianth 45-48 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), without awns; pistil 35-50 mm long, straight, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 18-19 mm long. Flowers in June or July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Williams.