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Alyogyne pinoniana (Gaudich.) Fryxell var. pinoniana

Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, (0.1-)0.5-3 m high. Fl. blue-purple/violet, Mar or May or Jul to Dec. Red sandy soils. Sand dunes, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 September 1996

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 25-35 mm long, 10-25 mm wide, not lobed or tripartitely lobed, simply (once-)lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with Simple hairs (without tubercle bases), with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 8-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, the lobes free, glabrous, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 20-30 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, five. Corolla blue or purple, 50-70 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 3-3.5 mm long; anthers 0.8-1.5 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 25-32 mm long, with five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs absent, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent; carpels 5; seeds per loculus ≥5. Flowering time March, May, July, August, September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Yalgoo and Great Victorian Desert.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Edel, Roebourne, Trainor, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Shark Bay, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.