Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District

Foreword iiiAcknowledgements......................................... viiiAbbreviations.....................................................ixPART ONE: INTRODUCTION.....................11. The Need for Management............................12. Objective of the Program ..............................13. Rare Flora Legislation andGuidelines for Gazettal ............................34. CALM's Priority Species List .......................55. Responsibilities within theDepartment...............................................66. The Geraldton District...................................66.1 Climate .................................................76.2 Geology, Landforms and Soils .............76.3 Vegetation.............................................97. Botanical History of the GeraldtonDistrict....................................................12PART TWO: DECLARED RARE FLORAIN THE GERALDTON DISTRICT..............13A. Extant Taxa ...............................................14Beyeria lepidopetala.........................................14Caladenia bryceana subsp. cracens ms............16Caladenia elegans ms.......................................18Caladenia hoffmanii ms....................................20Caladenia wanosa ............................................22Chorizema humile.............................................25Conostylis dielsii subsp. teres...........................27Conostylis micrantha........................................29Darwinia masonii .............................................31Daviesia speciosa .............................................33Drakaea concolor ms .......................................35Drakonorchis barbarella ms ............................37Drummondita ericoides ....................................39Eremophila microtheca ....................................41Eremophila nivea..............................................43Eremophila viscida ...........................................45Eucalyptus beardiana .......................................47Eucalyptus blaxellii ..........................................49Eucalyptus crucis subsp. praecipua..................51Eucalyptus cuprea ............................................53Eucalyptus synandra 55Glyceria drummondii........................................57Grevillea christineae ........................................59Grevillea inconspicua.......................................61Halosarcia bulbosa...........................................64Hypocalymma longifolium................................66Lechenaultia chlorantha...................................68Leucopogon marginatus ...................................70Menkea draboides.............................................72Phlegmatospermum drummondii......................74Plectrachne bromoides .....................................76Pterostylis sp. Northampton(S.D.Hopper 3349).......................................78Stylidium coroniforme ......................................80Verticordia spicata subsp. squamosa ...............82Wurmbea tubulosa............................................84B. Presumed Extinct Taxa.............................87Hydatella leptogyne ..........................................87Pseudanthus nematophorus ..............................89PART THREE: PRIORITY FLORAIN THE GERALDTON DISTRICT..............91A. Priority One Taxa .....................................92Acacia ampliata................................................92Acacia cerastes .................................................94Acacia congesta subsp. cliftoniana...................96Acacia flabellifolia............................................98Acacia imitans ................................................100Acacia inceana subsp. conformis....................102Acacia lanceolata ...........................................104Acacia lineolata subsp. multilineata...............106Acacia megacephala.......................................108Acacia nigripilosa subsp. latifolia ..................110Acacia nodiflora .............................................112Acacia pelophila .............................................114Acacia pterocaulon.........................................116Acacia unguicula ............................................118Allocasuarina tessellata..................................120Alyxia tetanifolia.............................................122Angianthus uniflorus.......................................124Atriplex muelleri .............................................126Baeckea sp. Billeranga Hills(M.E.Trudgen 2206) ..................................128Baeckea sp. Bunjil (B.R.Maslin 5067) ...........130Baeckea sp. East Yuna(R.Spjut & C.Edson 7077).........................132Baeckea sp. London Bridge(M.E.Trudgen 5393) ..................................134Baeckea sp. Mount Barloweerie(J.Z.Weber 5079) .......................................136Baeckea sp. Paynes Find (S.Patrick 1095)......138Baeckea sp. Perenjori (J.W.Green 1516) ........140Baeckea sp. Sandstone(C.A.Gardner s.n. 26.Oct.1963).................142Baeckea sp. Walkaway (A.S.George 11249)..144Banksia elegans Fraser Road variant(A.C.Burns 27)...........................................146Calytrix verruculosa .......................................148Chamelaucium oenanthum ms........................150Chamelaucium repens ms...............................152Chamelaucium sp. Yalgoo(Y.Chadwick 1816)....................................154Dithyrostegia gracilis .....................................156Eremophila rostrata ms ..................................158Eriostemon nutans ..........................................160Erymophyllum hemisphaericum......................162Eucalyptus macrocarpa x pyriformis..............164Eucalyptus sargentii subsp. fallens.................166Frankenia bracteata .......................................168Gastrolobium propinquum..............................170Gastrolobium rotundifolium ...........................173Gnephosis cassiniana .....................................175Gnephosis setifera...........................................177Gompholobium asperulum..............................179Goodenia perryi..............................................181Goodenia pusilliflora......................................183v