''Lambertia inermis'', the

Noongar The Noongar (, also spelt Noongah, Nyungar , Nyoongar, Nyoongah, Nyungah, Nyugah, and Yunga ) are Aboriginal Australian people who live in the South West, Western Australia, south-west corner of Western Australia, from Geraldton, Western Aus ...

chittick, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It 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 ...

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. It is a shrub that grows to 6 metres high and flowers from spring to winter. 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.

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