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Corchorus sp. Fitzroy Crossing (A.J. Ewart s.n. PERTH 01526790)

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

Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 6-20 mm long, 2-8 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; indumentum present, with absent, with stellate hairs, with tubercle-based simple hairs absent, with gland-tipped hairs absentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 4-5 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 2 mm long; indumentum present, with absent, with stellate hairs stellate hairs, with gland tipped hairs absent, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx cream or white, 3.4-4 mm long, the lobes free, 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 yellow, 3.5-4.2 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 1.8-2 mm long; anthers 0.2-0.4 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 3.2-3.5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time April, May, June, July or September. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Central Kimberley and Dampierland. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).