''Synaphea damopsis'' is a shrub endemic to
Western Australia
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.
The decumbent shrub usually blooms between September and November producing yellow flowers.
It is found in the southern
Wheatbelt and
South West
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regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly soils over
laterite
Laterite is both a soil and a rock type rich in iron and aluminium and is commonly considered to have formed in hot and wet tropical areas. Nearly all laterites are of rusty-red coloration, because of high iron oxide content. They develop by ...
.
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References
Eudicots of Western Australia
damopsis
Endemic flora of Western Australia
Plants described in 1995
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