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Philotheca sp. Latham (F. Keast L4B 043)

Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty), +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 1-4 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, terete, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 1-2 mm long; calyx present, 1 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous, petals five, 3.5-4 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-2.5 mm long, smooth, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 0.7 mm long, with an appendage. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Perenjori.