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Lechenaultia acutiloba Benth.
Wingless Leschenaultia

Reference
Fl.Austral. 4:41 (1868)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Hemispherical, ascending, much-branched shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. green-yellow, Sep to Dec. Sand or sandy gravel. Near river banks or swamps.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 5-7 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile), glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-7 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 15-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, without wings, wingless. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 10-20 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Jerramungup, Kent, Ravensthorpe.