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Phebalium sp. Yerilgee Sandplain (J. Jackson 223)

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

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty), +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, simple, 3-3.5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, terete, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 1 mm long; calyx present, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, lepidote (with scales); stamens twice as many as petals, 3-4 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie and Mallee IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Menzies, Yilgarn.