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Petrophile divaricata R.Br.

Reference
Prodr. Suppl. 7 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. yellow/yellow-cream, Aug to Dec. Gravelly and/or sandy soils. Granite outcrops, lateritic ridges, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 50-100 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (24-)45-71(-75) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 10-40 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 20-25 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 20-28 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2-2.5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 26-28 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Brookton, Chittering, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Merredin, Moora, Murray, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Woodanilling, York.