Seringia saxatilis C.F.Wilkins
Gorge fire-bush

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 2-8 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 1.4-2.4 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 3.5-11 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx purple, 5.6-9 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 present, one. Corolla glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 1-1.3 mm long; anthers 0.8-1.7 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 1-3 mm long, with one or five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time September or October. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Geraldton Sandplains. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).