Lechenaultia subcymosa
Lechenaultia subcymosa, commonly known as wide-branching leschenaultia,
is a species of flowering plant in the family Goodeniaceae and is endemic to the far west of south-western Western Australia. It is an ascending herb or subshrub with only a few widely spreading branches, narrow, rigid leaves crowded on short, leafy stems, and creamy-white to pale mauve flowers. Description
Lechenaultia subcymosa is an ascending herb or subshrub with only a few widely spreading branches that typically grows to a height of up to  and has only a few widely spreading branches. The leaves are narrow, rigid,  long and crowded on a few leafy stems. The flowers are creamy-white to pale mauve, the sepals  long and the petals  long with soft hairs inside the petal tube. The wings on the lower lobes are  wide and on the upper lobes are  wide. Flowering occurs sporadically in response to rainfall, and the fruit is  long. Taxonomy
Lechenaultia subcymosa was first formally described in 1963 by Charles Gardner and Alex George in the Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia from specimens collected by George near Learmonth in 1962. The specific epithet (subcymosa) means "somewhat cymose". Distribution and habitat
Wide-branching leschenaultia grows in shallow soil over limestone in low shrubland in near-coastal areas on the North West Cape and on islands in Shark Bay, in the Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains and Yalgoo biogeographic regions of far western Western Australia. Conservation status
This leschenaultia is listed as "not threatened" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. References

Asterales of Australia
subcymosa
Eudicots of Western Australia
Plants described in 1963
Taxa named by Charles Gardner
Taxa named by Alex George