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Hibiscus brachychlaenus F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. 3:5 (1862)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Upright, spreading perennial, herb or shrub, 0.4-1.8 m high, to 1 m wide. Fl. blue-purple-pink, Mar to Apr or Aug to Nov. Sandy & loamy soils, sandstone. Sandplains, dunes.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 19 September 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 50-70 mm long, 15-25 mm wide, not lobed; margins sinuate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 6 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 20-25 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 2.2-4 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, 15-20 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla pink, 22-25 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 1.2-1.5 mm long; anthers 0.8-1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 12-13 mm long, with five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit; seeds per loculus 2-4. Flowering time March, April, August, September, October or November. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara, Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Central Ranges and Murchison.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 11 August 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Purnululu, Roebourne, Wooramel.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland.