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Helicteres sp. Bachsten Creek (R.L. Barrett & M.D. Barrett RLB 3808)

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrub or tree, with hairy stems. Leaves 35-70 mm long, 10-20 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). Calyx green. Flowering time January. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.