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Cyanothamnus ramosus subsp. lesueuranus (Paul G.Wilson) Duretto & Heslewood

Reference
Taxon 69:494 (2020)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
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, compound, 20-40 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 10-25 mm long, 1.4-2 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 2-3 mm long; calyx present, 2-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous except for a ciliate marginal fringe, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla white or cream, petals four, 4.5(-5) mm long, valvate (not 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 July and August. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Geraldton Sandplains.
IBRA Subregions
Lesueur Sandplain.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coorow, Dandaragan.