''Phebalium bifidum'' is a species of small, erect shrub that is endemic to the Capertee Valley in New South Wales. It is more or less covered with glossy scales and has bilobed leaves and cream-coloured to bright yellow flowers arranged in umbels on the ends of branchlets.

Description

''Phebalium bifidum'' is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of and is more or less covered with glossy, grey to rust-coloured scales. Its adult leaves are Y-shaped, long on a petiole long. The flowers are cream-coloured to bright yellow and arranged in sessile umbels on the ends of branchlets, each flower on a pedicel about long. The sepals are joined to form a cup-shaped

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about long and wide, densely covered with on the outside. The

petal Petals are modified Leaf, leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They are often advertising coloration, brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. All of the petals of a flower are collectively known as the ''c ...

s are more or less elliptical, long and wide and scaly on the outside. Flowering occurs from August to October.

Taxonomy and naming

''Phebalium bifidum'' was first formally described in 2004 by Peter Weston and Margaret Turton in the journal '' Telopea'' from specimens collected in the Capertee Valley in 2003.

Distribution and habitat

This phebalium grows in woodland and heath. It is only known from the Capertee Valley.

Conservation status

''Phebalium bifidum'' is classified as "endangered" under the New South Wales Government '' Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016''.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q18083525 bifidum Flora of New South Wales Plants described in 2004