Synaphea interioris
Synaphea interioris is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a tufted shrub with woolly hairs, Pinnation#Depth of [divisions |pinnatipartite], lobed leaves, spikes of moderately crowded yellow flowers and oval fruit.
Description
Synaphea interioris is a tufted shrub up to long and covered with woolly hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves are pinnatipartite, long, wide on a petiole long, and more or less multiplanar. The lowest 2 pairs of lobes also usually pinnatipartite, the end lobes linear to lance-shaped, long, usually curved, flat and sharply pointed. The flowers are yellow and borne in moderately crowded spikes long on a peduncle up to long, mostly shorter than the foliage. There are broadly egg-shaped bracts long at the base of the peduncles. The perianth opens moderately widely, the upper tepal long and wide, the lower tepal long. The stigma is oblong to more or less square, notched and slightly flared at the base, long and wide. Flowering occurs from August to October and the fruit is oval, long with a short, blunt beak and hairy.
Taxonomy
Synaphea interioris was first formally described in 1995 by Alex [George (botanist)|Alex George] in the Flora of [Australia (series)|Flora of Australia] from specimens collected near Kokardine. The specific epithet means 'interior', that is, 'found in inland districts".
Distribution and habitat
This species of Synaphea grows in sandy loam and gravelly sand and is widespread from Wubin to Frank Hann National Park in the Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest and Mallee bioregions in the south-west of Western Australia.
Synaphea incurva is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.