''Synaphea gracillima'' 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 tufted shrub typically grows to a height of and usually blooms between July and November producing yellow flowers. It is found in the Peel,

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 sepa ...

and Great Southern regions of Western Australia between where it grows in sandy-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 gracillima Endemic flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1839 {{proteaceae-stub