Synaphea panhesya
Synaphea panhesya 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 many hairy branches, pinnatipartite leaves, the end lobes more or less triangular, and spikes of more or less crowded yellow flowers.
Description
Synaphea panhesya is an erect shrub with many branches up to long and covered with soft hairs. The leaves are pinnatipartite, long and wide on a petiole long, the end lobes more or less triangular wide and a sometimes sharp point on the end. The flowers are yellow and crowded, borne in spikes long on a branched peduncle up to long. The bracts are egg-shaped, long with hairy edges. The perianth is ascending, curved with a more or less wide opening and glabrous the upper tepal long and wide and strongly curved, the lower tepal long and wide with the edges curved downwards, and the lower tepal is long. The stigma is trapezoid-shaped and shallowly notched, long, wide and slightly concave, and the ovary is hairy. Flowering occurs from August to September.
Taxonomy
Synaphea panhesya was first formally described in 1995 by Alex George in the Flora of Australia from specimens he collected near the north-west corner of the Bindoon military firing range in 1976. The specific epithet as an anagram of the genus name, Synaphea.
Distribution and habitat
This species of Synaphea grows in gravelly loam and sandy gravel in woodland in the Bindoon-Mogumber area.
Conservation status
Synaphea panhesya is listed as "Priority One" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, meaning that it is known from only one or a few locations where it is potentially at risk.