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Guichenotia impudica C.F.Wilkins

Reference
Austral.Syst.Bot. 16:342,344,Fig.11 (2003)
Conservation Code
Priority Three
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Shrub, 0.25-1 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Aug to Oct. Laterite.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 April 1998

Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 4-7 mm long, 0.8-1.8 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 2.5-7 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 2 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx pink or purple, 5-10 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, three. Corolla 1-1.8 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.1-0.5 mm long; anthers 1.3-1.5 mm long, indumentum present (a tuft of hairs at the apex). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 3-4 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time August, September or October. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt and Jarrah Forest. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest.
IBRA Subregions
Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Corrigin, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Northampton, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu.