- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:68 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, prickly, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. yellow-cream, Oct to Nov. Lateritic gravelly soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.50-1 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 45-120 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, hairy; petiole 3-5 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 10-20 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 18-20 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 24-26 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 4-5 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Victoria Plains.