Hannafordia bissillii F.Muell. APNI* 
Description: Slender shrub to 1 m high, stellate-hairy, often rusty-tomentose.
Leaves oblong to lanceolate, mostly 2–6 cm long, c. 10 mm wide, base cordate; petiole 5–10 mm long; stipules c. 2 mm long.
Flowers solitary or paired; peduncles < 10 mm long. Calyx 10–15 mm long. Petals 4–5 mm long, yellow.
Capsule c. 10 mm diam., tomentose; ripe summer to autumn.
Distribution and occurrence: Mostly in sandplain country and associated with Triodia spp.; chiefly north of Bourke, more widespread in Central Aust.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP
Other Australian states: Qld S.A. N.T.
Text by G. J. Harden
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 1 (1990)
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