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Lechenaultia laricina Lindl.
Scarlet Leschenaultia

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 27 (1839)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Diffuse, ascending shrub, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. red/red-orange, Sep to Dec or Jan. Sand, gravelly loam.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 March 1996
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Scientific Description

Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 3-5 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-10 mm long, Indumentum present. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-8.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla red, 20-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 7-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-10 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.7-1.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 17-20 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Threatened (T).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Brookton, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Northam, Tammin, York.