Description

''Mirbelia subcordata'' is an erect, spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and has many branches. Its leaves are arranged in

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of three, egg-shaped to lance-shaped, sharply pointed and usually less than long. The flowers are arranged in clusters at the ends of branches or in upper leaf axils, the sepals long. The petals are yellow or orange and red, the standard petal longer than the sepals, the wings and the keel almost as long as the standard. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a shaggy-hairy, oblong

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Taxonomy

''Mirbelia subcordata'' was first formally described in 1853 by Nikolai Turczaninow in the ''Bulletin de la Société Impériale des Naturalistes de Moscou''. The

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(''subcordata'') means "somewhat heart-shaped", referring to the leaves.

Distribution and habitat

This mirbelia grows on a range of soils on slopes, rises and flats in the Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains and Jarrah Forest bioregions of Western Australia.

Conservation status

''Mirbelia subcordata'' is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia

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References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q15534843 subcordata Fabales of Australia Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1853 Taxa named by Nikolai Turczaninow