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Petrophile fastigiata R.Br.

Reference
Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:76 (1810)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, few-stemmed, spreading shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow/cream-yellow, Sep to Nov. Sandy soils, laterite, gravelly soils.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 22 August 1995

Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 50-100 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib, with (11-)15-17(-19) points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 30-45 mm. Inflorescences viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 10-12 mm long, glabrous; pistil 10-15 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 2.5-3.8 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 25-40 mm long. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Eucla.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Esperance, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.