- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Dense shrub, 0.25-1 m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Jul to Aug. Lateritic loam.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.25-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 250-365 mm long, 30-60 mm wide, hairy; petiole 30-60 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 10-18 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 18-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 35-40 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 38-65 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 13-15 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).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Corrigin, Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Wagin, Wickepin, Woodanilling.