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Lechenaultia linarioides DC.
Yellow Leschenaultia

Reference
Prodr. 7:519 (1839)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Sprawling, open shrub, to 1.5 m high. Fl. red/pink/cream/yellow, Jan to Dec. Brown, grey, yellow or white sand, sometimes over limestone, red sandy clay. Sandplains, low dunes, ridges, hillsides, winter-wet flats, roadverges.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 28 June 2006
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Scientific Description

Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 7-9 mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-11 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5.5-8 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow or red, 15-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 10-13 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8-11 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.7-2.4 mm wide on the narrower side, 2.7-4 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 14-19 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Carnarvon (CAR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 2 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste, Shark Bay, Zuytdorp.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Beverley, Cambridge, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Mingenew, Moora, Nedlands, Northampton, Shark Bay, Stirling, Wanneroo.