''Synaphea decorticans'' is a shrub endemic to

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 ...

. The dense shrub typically grows to a height of . It blooms between September and October producing yellow flowers. It is found on ridges in the

Darling Ranges The Darling Scarp, also referred to as the Darling Range or Darling Ranges, is a low escarpment running north–south to the east of the Swan Coastal Plain and Perth, Western Australia. The escarpment extends generally north of Bindoon, to t ...

and in the southern Wheatbelt region 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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* Eudicots of Western Australia decorticans Endemic flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1839 {{proteaceae-stub