Synaphea preissii

About

Synaphea preissii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, erect shrub with three-lobed leaves, the lobes also three-lobed, the end lobes triangular to lance-shaped, and spikes of widely spaced, yellow flowers.

How to spot it

Synaphea preissii is a low, erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 15–40 cm (5.9–15.7 in) and has stout branches up to 13 cm (5.1 in) long and covered with woolly hairs pressed against the surface. The leaves have three lobes, the lobes also three-lobed, the end lobes triangular to lance-shaped and more or less flat, 30–80 mm (1.2–3.1 in) long and 1.5–4 mm (0.059–0.157 in) wide on a petiole 20–70 mm (0.79–2.76 in) long. The flowers are borne in spikes 20–60 mm (0.79–2.36 in) long, the f

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Found in

• Torndirrup National Park — Albany & the Great Southern, WA hikes