Corchorus walcottii explained

Corchorus walcottii, commonly known as woolly corchorus, is a shrub species in the family Malvaceae. It is endemic to Australia. Plants grow to 1.2 metres high and produce yellow flowers between June and November in the species' native range.

The species was first formally described in 1862 by Victorian Government Botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in the third volume of his Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Mueller's description was based on plant material collected by Pemberton Walcott from Hearson Island (probably Dampier Island), Nickol Bay (near present-day Karratha).^{[1] [2]}

The species occurs in Western Australia, the Northern Territory^[3] and the north-west of South Australia.^[4]

Notes and References

1. A Record of the Plants collected by Mr Pemberton Walcott and Mr Maitland Brown, in the year 1861, during Mr F. Gregory's Exploring Expedition into North-West Australia . Transactions of the Botanical Society . 1863 . Ferdinand . Mueller . 7 . Proceedings for February 1863 . 479–499. 4 March 2014 . 10.1080/03746606309467888.
2. Web site: Corchorus walcottii . 11 November 2011 . Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra.
3. Web site: Checklist of the Vascular Plants of the Northern Territory. Northern Territory Herbarium Department of Natural Resources, Environment, The Arts and Sport. May 2011. 4 August 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120328074336/http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/11017/200701nt_checklist.pdf. 28 March 2012.
4. Web site: Census of South Australian Vascular Plants. Botanic Gardens of Adelaide & State Herbarium. 18 March 2005. 5. 11 November 2011.