- Reference
- Malvenfam. 46 (1787)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb or shrub, to 0.6 m high. Fl. yellow/white, May or Dec or Jan to Feb. Silt, laterite, basalt. Seasonally wet areas.
Scientific Description
Shrub. Stems hairy. Leaves 50-125 mm long, 18-84 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; indumentum present, with non-tubercle-based simple hairs, with stellate hairs; 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, 60-65 mm long; indumentum present, with simple hairs. Calyx green, 17-26 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, stellate hairs present. Corolla yellow or white, 50-70 mm long, glabrous. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 15-22 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio at least 1.5 times as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present; apex rounded; calyx persistent to mature fruit; seeds per loculus 2-4. Flowering time January, February, May or December. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wyndham-East Kimberley.