- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:67 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, columnar, non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-2 m high. Fl. cream-yellow-brown, May to Aug. Lateritic soils, gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 75-140 mm long, 7-14 mm wide, hairy; petiole 20-38 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 7-15 lobes on each side, the margins revolute. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs) or hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), yellow or purple; innermost bracts 10-20 mm long, hairy. Perianth 11-14 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 13-15 mm long, curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in May or June. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Brookton, Cuballing, Kojonup, Narrogin, Pingelly, Wandering, York.