- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:69 (2007)
- Conservation Code
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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
Non-lignotuberous shrub, to 1.8 m high. Fl. Nov to Dec. Gravelly soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 90-240 mm long, 8-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-28 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 15-31 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 15-18 mm long, hairy. Perianth 15-20 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 20-30 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), obovate or oblong, 16-18 mm long. Flowers in November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet.