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Thorny Lawrencia

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Scientific Name:Lawrencia squamata (syn. Selenothamnus squamatus)
Thorny Lawrencia flower
Thorn Lawrencia flower
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to all mainland States of Australia, including the Northern Territory.

Plant Description:

Erect to spreading, woody and spiny shrub to 1.5 m high but often 0.2-1 m. Leaves are small, up to 20 mm long and 10 mm wide,
linear to more or less circular, without stalks, hairless or shortly woolly or scaly.

Plants are dioecious (separate male and female plants). Flowers are stalkless and solitary in leafy spikes. Petals are white, yellow, red or purple from 2-7 mm long; spreading in males and erect in females. Fruit reddish to orange-yellow.

Habitat:

Generally confined to the far north-west around salt lakes but occasional populations found further south and in coastal saltmarsh and the species may have been overlooked (e.g. commonly found along the Western Australian coast on tidal flats and coastal inlets).

Region
Mallee, Wimmera, WesternS1, S2, S3W2, W3

Thorny Lawrencia Photos

Buds and young flowers of Thorny Lawrencia
Buds and young flowers of Thorny Lawrencia
Photo: A J Brown
Thorny Lawrencia flowering stems
Thorny Lawrencia with flowering stems
Photo: A J Brown

Thorny Lawrencia fruit
Thorny Lawrencia fruit
Photo: A J Brown

Thorny Lawrencia leaves
Thorny Lawrencia leaves
Photo: A J Brown

Thorny Lawrencia fruit
Thorny Lawrencia fruit
Photo: A J Brown

Thorny Lawrencia plant
Thorny Lawrencia plant
Photo: A J Brown

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