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Triumfetta hapala Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 4:520-521,Fig.1G (1997)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, to 0.5 m high. Fl. May. Shallow sandy soils. Granite outcrops & low hills.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 1997

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 30-55 mm long, 12-22 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, 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. Flowering time May. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Central Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Hart, South Kimberley Interzone.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Halls Creek.