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Thomasia solanacea (Sims) J.Gay

Reference
Mém.Mus.Hist.Nat. 7:456 (1821)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.5-3 m high. Fl. blue-purple-pink, Sep to Dec. Alluvium, sand over limestone, rocky loam. Coastal areas.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 2 October 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrub, with scaly stems. Leaves 45-90 mm long, 20-60 mm wide, not lobed, tripartitely lobed or irregularly lobed, simply (once-)lobed or complexly (twice-)lobed; margins sinuate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 10-20 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 3-5 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, 3.5-5 mm long, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx pink, blue or purple, 7-8 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, one. Corolla 0.4-0.6 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 0.7-1.6 mm long; anthers 2.8-3.8 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes present, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 2.2-2.7 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance. Conservation Code Priority Four (P4).

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

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Denmark, Jerramungup.