- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:68 (2007)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-0.3 m high. Fl. red-pink-cream, Oct to Nov. Gravelly sand or sandy loam.
Scientific Description
Prostrate shrubs, 0.50-1 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 140-390 mm long, 20-70 mm wide, hairy; petiole 30-40 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 15-25 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), pink; innermost bracts 13-15 mm long, hairy. Perianth 32-34 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 31-33 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 10-15 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cranbrook, Perth, Plantagenet, Woodanilling.