Synaphea gracillima Lindl.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Synaphea

Characteristics

Stems several to many, to 8 cm long, branched, pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves pinnatipartite, multiplanar; lowest lobes also pinnatipartite; upper lobes less divided; petiole 10-17 cm long, glabrous except pubescent sheath base; lamina 6-19 cm long, 6-15 cm wide; ultimate lobes broadly linear to lanceolate, 3-9 mm wide, ±flat, obtuse to acute, openly and shallowly reticulate, sparsely appressed-puberulous when young, glabrescent. Inflorescence much exceeding foliage; spikes 6-15 cm long; flowers ±openly spaced; peduncle 10-17 cm long, simple to little-branched, sparsely puberulous; rachis sparsely puberulous; bracts spreading, obtuse, 1-1.5 mm long. Perianth ascending, opening widely, glabrous; adaxial tepal 4.5-6 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, curved; abaxial tepal 3.5-4.5 mm long. Stigma transversely oblong-lunate to 2-lobed, lateral edges recurved, 0.8-1 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide; ovary puberulous. Fruit narrowly obovoid, 5.5-7 mm long, very sparsely puberulous.
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Grows in lateritic soil in Jarrah-Marri woodland.
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Distribution

Synaphea gracillima world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Synaphea gracillima threat status: Least Concern

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:706832-1
WFO ID wfo-0000504742
COL ID 53TNX
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Synonyms

Synaphea gracillima