- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:66 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tree or shrub (large), 2-8 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to May or Sep to Oct. Stony loam. Ironstone hills.
Scientific Description
Trees, 3-6 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 30-60 mm long, 14-22 mm wide, hairy; petiole 3-7 mm long; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth pointing outwards, with 3-6 lobes on each side, the margins flat or recurved. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), cream or yellow; innermost bracts 11-15 mm long, hairy. Perianth 20-26 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), without awns; pistil 28-32 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, obovate, 8-15 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Merredin, Perth, Southern Cross, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dowerin, Menzies, Perth, Yilgarn.