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Philotheca pachyphylla (Paul G.Wilson) Paul G.Wilson

Reference
Nuytsia 12:254 (1998)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white, May or Sep. Sand, red loam, clay loam. Sandplains, hill tops.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 August 1996

Scientific Description

Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-6 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences present. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 3-6.5 mm long; calyx present, 1-2.5 mm long, verrucose (warty), glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-6 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long, with an appendage; style 4-5 mm long, hairy. Flowers in May and September. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 14 November 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Coolgardie.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Southern Cross.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dundas.