Lawrencia squamata, thorny lawrencia,[5][1] or fan-leaved lawrencia,[1] is a spiny dioecious shrub/herb, from 0.02 to 1.5 m high.[1] The leaves are scaly and not lobed, 10 to 40 mm long and 5 to 20 mm wide,[1] with peltate scales.[5] The flowers have both a calyx and a corolla, with the corolla being yellow, white, red or purple,.[1] The flowers are axillary.[7] They are seen between August and January in WA,[1] May to November in SA,[7] September to November in Victoria.[5] The stamens are many and united.[1]
Habitat
It grows on clayey soils, and is found fringing saltlakes and salty depressions.[5]
^ abcdefghi"FloraBase: Lawrencia squamata". Western Australian Herbarium, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
^ abMiquel, F.A.W. 1845. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) Malvaceae. Plantae Preissianae 1(2): 242. (the author is Nees as "N. ab E." is given at the end of the description.)
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