Lambertia inermis , Trans. Linn. Soc. London
Shrub or small tree to 6 m tall, lacking lignotubers. Branches widely spreading; young branches minutely tomentose or silky. Leaves with petiole 2–4 mm long; lamina variable, ovate, oblong-spathulate to linear, 6–24 mm long, 3–7 mm wide, obtuse, glabrous above, densely white- or rusty brown-velvety below; margin entire, narrowly revolute. Conflorescence (6–) 7-flowered; inner bracts weak, widely spreading, yellow, brown, or purple. Flowers zygomorphic, spreading, possibly fragrant. Perianth 45–55 mm long, yellow, pale yellow-orange or orange to scarlet, often dark on limb, dilated in middle, glabrous; abaxial suture deepest. Hypogynous glands 4, free (rarely 2 fused). Style glabrous to sparsely pilose. Fruit asymetrically ovoid, 8–10 mm long, 6–8 mm wide; beak 2–5 mm long; sides smooth or minutely fissured. Seeds 2, asymmetrically cuneate, c. 8 mm long, c. 5 mm wide, with a very narrow, annular wing
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