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Thomasia glabripetala S.J.Patrick

Reference
Nuytsia 9:119-121,Fig.1 (1993)
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

Open shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Sep to Oct. Yellow/brown sand.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 October 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 18-50 mm long, 7-25 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 7-10 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 4.2-6 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 7-10 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx pink or purple, 8-14 mm long, the lobes fused half or more of their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales scales present, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, one. Corolla 1-2.2 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 2-5 mm long; anthers 3.2-5.5 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes present, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 3-6.2 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time September or October. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Avon Wheatbelt. Conservation Code Threatened (T).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt.
IBRA Subregions
Katanning, Merredin.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Narembeen, Northam, Tammin, York.