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Cyanothamnus defoliatus (F.Muell.) Duretto & Heslewood

Reference
Taxon 69:493 (2020)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-5.5 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, terete or subterete, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles) or in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 4-5 mm long; calyx present, 2-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla blue, petals four, 7-9.3 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, glabrous, with an appendage. Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gnowangerup, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup.