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Petrophile septemfida Rye & K.A.Sheph.

Reference
Nuytsia 21:53-55, Fig. 1h (2011)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 5-10 mm long, hairy; lamina terete, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 2-3 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 10-12 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 11-14 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2.5-3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 8-10 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Three Springs.