Commersonia magniflora subsp. oblongifolia C.F.Wilkins

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 15-45 mm long, 5-11 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 present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 7-11 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 8-10 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 pink, 4-9 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 1.6-2 mm long; anthers 1.4-1.8 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes present, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; styles several, free and separate, arising from the summit of the ovary, 1.6-2.4 mm long, with five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time July or August. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Murchison, Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee.