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Eutaxia leptophylla Turcz.

Reference
Bull.Soc.Imp.Naturalistes Moscou 26(1):268 (1853)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Compact shrub, to 0.8 m high. Fl. yellow&orange&red, Aug to Sep. Brown-grey clay, red-brown clay loam, laterite gravel, sand, granite. Flats, undulating rocky slopes, river crossings, claypans, saline sites, roadsides.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 5 October 2004

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, not continuous with stem, 1.8-5.5 mm long, 0.4-0.8 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves or present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 1-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 2.4-2.5 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 4-4.2 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7.2-8.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6-7.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-7 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6-7 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.7-5.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 3-3.4 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Coorow, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Kulin, Merredin, Mukinbudin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.