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Threatened species

Velvet Thread-petal - profile

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Scientific name: Stenopetalum velutinum
Conservation status in NSW: Extinct
Commonwealth status: Not listed
Profile last updated: 13 Aug 2021

Description

Stenopetalum velutinum is an annual woody herb. It is greyish green in colour, all parts of the plant are usually densely hairy, hairs are irregularly branched, and sessile.

Basal leaves are lanceolate, grow to 7 cm long, are entire or remotely toothed and not persistent. On the stem, leaves are reducing to linear.

Sepals are 4–5 mm long. Petals are 5–15 mm long and yellow-green to brown. Silicula are mostly globose to obovoid, sometimes oblong, and are 4.5–8 mm long. Pedicel is erect to spreading and 3–8 mm long.

Distribution

Stenopetalum velutinum is currently distributed in Queensland, Western Australia, South Australia, and the Northern Territory. It is presumed extinct in NSW.

Habitat and ecology

  • Stenopetalum velutinum is strongly assiociated with buffel grass cover and sandy soils.
  • The species flowers from May to July.


Recovery strategies

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