Synaphea preissii Meisn.

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Synaphea

Characteristics

Stems stout, branched, to 13 cm long, appressed-tomentose. Leaves tripartite, multiplanar; lobes also usually tripartite; petiole 2-7 cm long, glabrous except sheath; lamina 3-8 cm long; ultimate lobes triangular to lanceolate, ±flat, 1.5-4 mm wide, acute to pungent, openly and shallowly reticulate. Spikes 2-6 cm long; flowers widely spaced; peduncle 1-4 cm long, pubescent to puberulous; rachis pubescent; bracts spreading, 2 mm long, pubescent. Perianth opening widely, sparsely appressed-puberulous; adaxial tepal 6-6.5 mm long, 2.3 mm wide; abaxial tepal 6 mm long. Stigma oblong to narrowly obcordate, slightly constricted in middle, thick, erect to incurved at apex, emarginate, 1.5-1.6 mm long, 1 mm wide; ovary pubescent. Fruit obovoid, 5-6 mm long, pilose.
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Grows in sand over clay or in gravel, in shrubland and kwongan.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-11

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Distribution

Synaphea preissii world distribution map, present in Australia

Conservation status

Synaphea preissii threat status: Endangered

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:706836-1
WFO ID wfo-0000504727
COL ID 53TPN
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Synonyms

Synaphea preissii