Androcalva adenothalia C.F.Wilkins

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 10-15 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with absent, with stellate hairs, with tubercle-based simple hairs absent, with gland-tipped hairs absentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules apparently absent, even from youngest leaves. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 1.5-4 mm long; indumentum present, with absent, with stellate hairs present, with gland tipped hairs absent, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 2-2.5 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 white or pink, glabrous. Stamens five; filaments present. Flowering time March or September. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Avon Wheatbelt. Conservation Code Threatened (T).