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Corchorus lasiocarpus Halford subsp. lasiocarpus

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

Short-lived perennial, herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun to Aug. Hillslopes.

Helen Coleman, Descriptive Catalogue, 15 October 1998

Scientific Description

Herb or shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-55 mm long, 7-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate; hairy, with absent, with stellate hairs, with tubercle-based simple hairs absent, with gland-tipped hairs absentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 4-7 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 4-7.6 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, 9-13 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, 8-10 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 3.4-5 mm long; anthers 0.3-0.8 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, 3.2-9.5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time June, July or August. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Gascoyne and Little Sandy Desert.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Augustus, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Trainor.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Port Hedland.