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Cyanothamnus inconspicuus (Benth.) 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, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 10-18 mm long, with 3-5 leaflets, each 7-9 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary or in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 2-3.5 mm long; calyx present, 1.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla white or cream or green, petals four, 2-3.2 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs), with an appendage. Flowers in March, April, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.