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Lambertia inermis R.Br. var. inermis

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

Erect, spreading, non-lignotuberous shrub or tree, to 6 m high. Fl. orange-red, Sep to Dec or Jan to Jun. Dry brown gravelly loam, white-grey sand, granite, laterite. Sandplains, hillslopes, rock outcrops, ridges, stony sites, roadsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 May 2003
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Scientific Description

Shrubs; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves whorled, 15-30 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, entire, the margins flat or recurved; apex obtuse. Inflorescences orange; innermost bracts 20-28 mm long. Perianth 49-52 mm long, glabrous; pistil 50-55 mm long, style glabrous. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Denmark, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.