- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prickly, erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr. White sand over laterite, gravelly clay.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 70-110 mm long, 7-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-40 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 3-8 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 20-23 mm long, hairy. Perianth 27-30 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 28-30 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), ovate, 8-11 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June or July. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Wickepin.