- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:68 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Open, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-5 m high. Fl. yellow/cream-yellow, Jul to Nov. Sand to gravel, laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 40-165 mm long, 10-24 mm wide, hairy; petiole 7-15 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 5-10 lobes on each side, the margins recurved. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 10-12 mm long, hairy. Perianth 18-24 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 20-26 mm long, straight, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), obovate, 8-10 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chittering, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Moora, Northam, Victoria Plains, York.