Synaphea aephynsa
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| Synaphea aephynsa | |
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| Near the road to Jurien Bay | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Synaphea |
| Species: | S. aephynsa |
| Binomial name | |
| Synaphea aephynsa | |
Synaphea aephynsa is a flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, tufted shrub with hairs pressed against the surface, pinnatipartite leaves, spike of crowded yellow flowers, and glabrous, narrowly egg-shaped fruit.
Synaphea aephynsa is an erect, tufted shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 7 cm (2.8 in) and has woolly hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves are pinnatipartite, 50–100 mm (2.0–3.9 in) long and 50–150 mm (2.0–5.9 in) wide on a petiole 40–140 mm (1.6–5.5 in) long, the end lobes lance-shaped, more or less flat and 3–8 mm (0.12–0.31 in) wide. The flowers are borne on spikes 50–120 mm (2.0–4.7 in) long, crowded at first, on a peduncle 100–300 mm (3.9–11.8 in) long. The perianth is hairy inside, the upper tepal 4.5–5.0 mm (0.18–0.20 in) long and 2.0–2.2 mm (0.079–0.087 in) wide, the lower tepal 3.5–4.0 mm (0.14–0.16 in) long. Flowering occurs from July to October, and the fruit is narrowly egg-shaped, about 4 mm (0.16 in) long.[2][3]