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Corchorus lasiocarpus subsp. parvus Halford

Reference
Austrobaileya 6:600-601 (2004)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Horizontally branched perennial, herb, to 0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, May. Slopes.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 7 October 1997
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Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with glabrous stems. Leaves 20-55 mm long, 8-15 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), 5-6 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 4-14 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx cream or white, 9-12 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, stellate hairs present, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 10-11 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 5-6.5 mm long; anthers 0.6-1.1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). 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, 6-6.8 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, hairy for most of length, wing absent. Flowering time May. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara, Carnarvon and Gascoyne.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Meekatharra.