Synaphea hians A.S.George

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Synaphea

Characteristics

Stems prostrate or decumbent, to 50 cm long, pubescent and long-pilose (hairs to 5 mm long), glabrescent. Leaves cuneate, 3-lobed, ±undulate, discolorous; petiole 4-15 cm long, puberulous and pilose; sheath prominent, red-brown; lamina 4-10 cm long, 2.5-4.5 cm wide, flat, pilose, glabrescent; lobes triangular, entire or shortly 1-or 2-dentate, obtuse to acute, mucronate; reticulation open, shallow. Spikes 4-10 cm long; flowers ±crowded; peduncle to 25 cm long, branched or simple, pilose and puberulous; rachis densely pilose and pubescent; bracts spreading, almost acute, 3-6 mm long, pilose. Perianth opening widely, puberulous; adaxial tepal 6.5-7.5 mm long, 2.8-3.5 mm wide, gently to strongly curved; abaxial tepal 4.5-6 mm long. Gynoecium 4.5-5.5 mm long; stigma transversely oblong with erect to incurved horns, 1.7-2.5 mm long, 1.8 mm wide, thick; ovary pubescent. Fruit broadly obovoid, 3-3.5 mm long, pilose.
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Grows on sandy rises in low eucalypt woodland.
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Distribution

Synaphea hians world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Synaphea hians threat status: Near Threatened

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:990207-1
WFO ID wfo-0000504769
COL ID 53TNZ
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Synonyms

Synaphea hians