Synaphea canaliculata
Synaphea canaliculata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with widely spreading, pinnatipartite leaves usually with 3 to 7 pairs of lobes, and more or less crowded yellow flowers.
Description
Synaphea canaliculata is a low, shrub that typically grows to a height of up to with branches up to long, with overlapping scales and leaf bases covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are pinnatipartite on a petiole long, with widely spreading lobes, the upper lobes 3-lobed, long the end-lobes linear, long and prominently channelled. The flowers are yellow and borne on more or less crowded spikes long on a peduncle long with broad, hairy bracts. The perianth has a narrow opening, the upper tepal long and wide, the lower tepal long. The stigma is oblong to more or less square, and the ovary is covered with soft hairs. Flowering occurs from August to October.
Taxonomy
Synaphea canaliculata was first formally described in 1995 by Alex George in the Flora of Australia from specimens he collected between Newdegate and Lake King in 1994. The specific epithet means 'channelled', referring to the leaves.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Synaphea grows in sandy loam in kwongan and is locally common in a small area between Newdegate and Lake King in the Esperance Plains and Mallee bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
Synaphea boyaginensis is listed as "Priority Two" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is poorly known and from one or a few locations.