Selena’s Synaphea is a dense, clumped sub-shrub 25–65 cm tall by 20–80 cm wide. Leaves are tripartite (leaves divided at the base, or close to, into three equal parts) to pinnatipartite (lobed approximately halfway to base), symmetrically divided with long narrow lobes, flat to folded along the mid-line. Silvery-hairy sheaths enclose the base of the straight peduncles. Inflorescences are erect axillary spikes 7–24 cm long. Flowers open narrowly, are yellow, hairy, openly spaced and are angled upwards in the spike. The stigma is transversely crescent-shaped with broad lobes. Fruits are egg-shaped and hairy with a short, erect, terminal beak and persistent enlarged apical hairs (WA Herbarium 2006; WA DEC 2007a). Flowering is observed from September to November (WA DEC 2007a).
Selena's Synaphea |
Synaphea sp. Fairbridge Farm
Status: Critically Endangered on the EPBC Act list
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Australian Government, Listing Advices, Synaphea sp. Fairbridge Farm
Potential threats to the species include inappropriate fire regimes and dieback caused by Phytophthora cinnamomi (DEC; 2006; 2007).
Potential threats to the species include inappropriate fire regimes and dieback caused by P. cinnamomi (DEC; 2006; 2007).
Potential threats to the species include inappropriate fire regimes and dieback caused by P. cinnamomi (DEC; 2006; 2007).
Potential threats to the species include inappropriate fire regimes and dieback caused by P. cinnamomi.
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