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Petrophile juncifolia Lindl.

Reference
Sketch Veg.Swan R. 35 (1840)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, multi-stemmed, domed shrub, to 0.4 m high. Fl. yellow-cream, Oct to Nov. White-grey sand, grey-brown sandy clay, littered black clay, gravel. Low rises in winter-wet flats.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 October 2003

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 0.20-0.80 m high. Leaves alternate, 130-190 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex acute, 1-2 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, yellow. Perianth 15-22 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 15-24 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 4.5-5.5 mm long, the brush 3-4 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 10-25 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Armadale, Beverley, Busselton, Canning, Gingin, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Murray, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Waroona.