Triumfetta reflexa W.Fitzg.

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-45 mm long, 8-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire or crenate; hairy, with stellate hairs, with tubercle-based simple 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, 1.5 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 7-8 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 present, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 6-6.3 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 4-4.5 mm long; anthers 0.6-0.7 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, 6.4-7 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time January or May. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley and Central Kimberley.