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Plagiocarpus dispermus I.Thomps.

Reference
Muelleria 28:49-50, Figs 2d, 3a, 5c-e (2010)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-25 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, palmately arranged, terminal leaflet absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Corolla uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 9-13 mm long, 6 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in January. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Northern Kimberley.
IBRA Subregions
Berkeley, Mitchell.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.