Androcalva melanopetala (F.Muell.) C.F.Wilkins & Whitlock

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-65 mm long, 9-40 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; 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, 3.5-6.5 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx cream or white, 4-5 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 2.2-4.4 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.9-1.3 mm long; anthers 0.5-0.7 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, 1-1.2 mm long, with four or five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time January, September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Great Victorian Desert and Coolgardie.