- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:65 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Dense, rounded, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Fl. yellow & brown, May or Jul to Oct. Lateritic gravel, sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5-2.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 120-340 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, hairy; petiole 10-25 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with 55-104 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs) or villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, brown or purple; innermost bracts 15-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 25-30 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex silky (with soft, shiny and appressed hairs), without awns; pistil 25-32 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), curved-obovate, 13-15 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Busselton, Gnowangerup.