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Eutaxia neurocalyx subsp. papillosa C.F.Wilkins

Reference
Nuytsia 20:137-138, Fig. 19 (2010)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

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, 1.2-1.5 mm long, 0.7-1 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, 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.7-2.2 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 4-5.9 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 8-9 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 7-7.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5-6 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5-5.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 2.5-4 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 3.7-4.3 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 September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Bruce Rock, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Tammin, Trayning, Yilgarn.