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Microcybe multiflora subsp. baccharoides (F.Muell.) Paul G.Wilson

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Reference
Nuytsia 12(1):87 (1998)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Not Current

Erect open shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. white-cream-yellow, May to Oct. Calcareous soils. Mallee scrub.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 27 March 1998
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Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, simple, 2-2.5 mm long, 1.5 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; calyx present, 1-2 mm long, verrucose (warty), glabrous; corolla yellow or white or cream, petals five, 2 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-4 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Hampton, Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).