Helicteres sp. Mt Shadforth (I.R. Telford 11609)

Scientific Description

Shrub or tree, with hairy stems. Leaves 80-120 mm long, 15-28 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 1-1.3 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Calyx 4.6-6.5 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla mauve, 7-9 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0.7-1 mm long; anthers 0.1-0.4 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes present, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); styles several, free and separate, arising from the summit of the ovary, with one, five or numerous style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time January. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).