Lambertia ''Lambertia'' is a genus of flowering plants, belonging to the family Proteaceae. It is endemic to Australia. The genus was named in 1798 by Sir James Edward Smith in honour of English botanist Aylmer Bourke Lambert. The ''Lambertias'' are scl ...

inermis'',

Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian peoples who live in the south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton on the west coast to Esperance on the so ...

chittick, is a shrub which is

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south-west The points of the compass are a set of horizontal, radially arrayed compass directions (or azimuths) used in navigation and cartography. A compass rose is primarily composed of four cardinal directions—north, east, south, and west—each se ...

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. It grows to 6 metres high and flowers from spring to winter. A more complete description is given in Florabase and Australian Flora online. There are two varieties: *''Lambertia inermis'' var. ''drummondii'' (Fielding & Gardner) Hnatiuk - with yellow flowers *''Lambertia inermis'' R.Br. var. ''inermis'' - with orange-red flowers

Distribution and habitat

Chittick grows near the south coast of Western Australia from west of Albany through to around Esperance, extending between 50 and 200 km inland from the coast. It grows on a variety of soils from sand to gravel.

References

External links

''Lambertia inermis'' occurrence data
from

Australasian Virtual Herbarium The ''Australasian Virtual Herbarium'' (AVH) is an online resource that allows access to plant specimen data held by various Australian and New Zealand herbaria. It is part of the Atlas of Living Australia (ALA), and was formed by the amalgamat ...

Herbarium specimen at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
inermis Eudicots of Western Australia Plants described in 1810 Endemic flora of Southwest Australia {{WesternAustralia-plant-stub