Declared Rare and Poorly Known Flora in the Geraldton District

simplesinuatesinussolitaryspathespathulate (= spatulate)speciesspikespikeletspinespindle-shapedspinescentspinosespiralstamenstaminodestandardstellatestemstigmastipestipulestolonstriatestylesubshrubundivided; of a leaf, not divided into leaflets; of a hair or an inflorescence, notbranchedwith deep, wave-like depressions along the margin. cf. undulatea notch or depression in the margin of an organof flowers, borne singly, not grouped in an inflorescencea large bract ensheathing an inflorescencespoon-shaped; broad at the tip and narrowed towards the basea taxon comprising individuals, or populations of individuals, capable ofinterbreeding to produce fertile offspring; the largest group of individuals betweenwhich there are no distinguishable, consistent differences in form or reproductivemechanismsan unbranched, indeterminate inflorescence in which the flowers are without stalks.adj. spicatea unit of the inflorescence in grasses, sedges and some other monocotyledons,consisting of one to many flowers and associated glumesa stiff, sharp-pointed structure, formed by modification of a plant organ, e.g. a lateralbranch or a stipulebroadest near the middle and tapering toward both endsending in a spine; modified to form a spinebearing spinesof leaves or floral organs, borne at different levels on the axis, in an ascending spiral.cf. cyclicthe male reproductive organ of a flower, consisting of an anther and a filamenta modified stamen which is sterile, producing no pollen, often rudimentarythe posterior petal in the flower in Papilionaceaestar-shaped; consisting of star-shaped cellsthe main axis or a branch of the main axial system of a plant, developed from theplumule of the embryo and typically bearing leavesthe pollen-receptive surface of a carpel or group of fused carpels, usually stickya small stalkone of a pair of appendages at the bases of leaves in many dicotyledonsa prostrate or trailing stem that produces roots at the nodesstriped with parallel longitudinal lines or ridgesthe usually narrowed portion of the pistil connecting the stigma to the ovarya small shrub56