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Eutaxia cuneata Meisn.

Reference
Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:65 (1844)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.3-1.2 m high. Fl. orange & red, Jul to Oct. Sandy & clayey soils. Coastal areas, sandplains.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 10 June 1996
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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, 8-12 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins or flat with recurved 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, 2.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 0.8-1 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 5-6 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 8.5-10.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly red or orange, with some red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6-9 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7.5-8 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6.8-7 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 3.5-5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 2.5-4 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 July, August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.