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Tephrosia cardiophylla R.Butcher
Romantic Tephrosia

Reference
Nuytsia 31:47-51, Fig. 1 (2020)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 12-45 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 9-13, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 4-4.6 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles present and persistent. Corolla uniformly coloured, orange. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 35-40 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in February and May. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Victoria Bonaparte and Central Kimberley IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
IBRA Subregions
Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Wyndham-East Kimberley.