- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:67 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, much-branched, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Nov. Gravel, sandy soils over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 45-190 mm long, 6-17 mm wide, hairy; petiole 5-15 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 7-28 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 9-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 17-20 mm long, hairy or glabrous, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 21-25 mm long, straight, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), oblong, 6-9 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. 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, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Victoria Plains.