Synaphea intricata
Synaphea intricata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to a restricted area in south-west of Western Australia. It is a slender shrub with soft hairs pressed against the surface, thrice pinnatipartite leaves, spikes of crowded yellow flowers and elliptic fruit on a narrow neck.
Description
Synaphea intricata is a slender shrub with stems up to long and covered with soft hairs pressed against the surface, later glabrous. The leaves are thrice pinnatipartite, long, wide on a petiole long, and multiplanar. The end lobes are long with two or three sharply pointed, concave lobes. The flowers are yellow and borne in crowded spikes up to long on a peduncle up to long. The perianth has a narrow opening, the upper tepal long and wide, the lower tepal long. The stigma is oblong and notched, long and wide. Flowering occurs from September to October, and the fruit is broadly elliptic, long with a narrow neck and hairy.
Taxonomy
Synaphea intricata was first formally described in 1995 by Alex George in the Flora of [Australia (series)|Flora of Australia] from specimens he collected about south of the Muir Highway on the Nornalup Road in 1993. The specific epithet means 'entangled', referring to the leaves of this species.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Synaphea grows in sandy in open woodland and in peaty sand in swamps south of Rocky Gully in the Jarrah Forest and Warren bioregions of south-western Western Australia.
Conservation status
Synaphea incurva is listed as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife, meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.