- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 6:239 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.35-1.3(-1.8) m high. Fl. pink-red-blue-purple, Aug to Nov. Laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 30-75 mm long, hairy; lamina flat, twice or more divided, tripartitely divided, divided to the midrib, with (3-)9-14(-22) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 15-20 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, pink or purple. Perianth 23-25 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 23-26 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 5-6 mm long, the brush 1.2-2.2 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 15-20 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Boddington, Brookton, Collie, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Narrogin, Pingelly, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, York.