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is an erect, sparsely-branched shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) or more. The branches are flattened and end in winged cladodes 6–15 mm (0.24–0.59 in) wide. Leaves are only present on young growth and are soon replaced by scales 1–2 mm
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are 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long and joined at the base forming a tube, the upper lobes 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) long and 1.0–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide, the lower lobes 1.5–2.5 mm (0.059–0.098 in) long. The
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is pale greenish yellow and 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) wide. Flowering mainly occurs from August to
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Plank plant was first formally described in 1801 by
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490:Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1864).
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250:Description
232:plank plant
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90:Angiosperms
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808:ild-34754
475:26 August
465:Muelleria
164:Species:
146:Faboideae
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