- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 20:67 (2007)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, lignotuberous shrub. Fl. yellow-brown, Aug to Sep. Grey/yellow sand. Flats, lateritic rises.
Scientific Description
Prostrate shrubs, 0.20-0.50 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 105-260 mm long, 3-7 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-20 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, deeply divided, with 45-80 lobes on each side, the margins recurved. Inflorescences pink; innermost bracts 12-14 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 15-35 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 32-46 mm long, straight, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), obovate, 7-13 mm long. Flowers in August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Moora, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu.