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Lasiopetalum decoratum K.A.Sheph. & C.F.Wilkins

Reference
Nuytsia 29:166-168, Fig. 3 (2018)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-47 mm long, 8-25 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules apparently absent, even from youngest leaves. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 4.8-8 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 3-5 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx pink, 5-12 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 present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.4-0.5 mm long; anthers 1.2-1.4 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 2.7-3.6 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Geraldton Sandplains and Jarrah Forest. Conservation Code Priority Two (P2).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Dandaragan, Three Springs, Toodyay.