Synaphea decorticans

Synaphea decorticans is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a dense shrub with pinnatipartite leaves, spikes of moderately crowded yellow flowers and elliptic fruit with a short beak.

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Synaphea decorticans is a dense shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 60 cm (24 in) with stems up to 90 cm (35 in) long and covered with woolly hairs. The leaves are pinnatipartite, 100–140 mm (3.9–5.5 in) long and up to 200 mm (7.9 in) wide on a petiole 280 mm (11 in) long. The end lobes are lance-shaped, 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) wide. The flowers are yellow and borne in moderately crowded spikes 50–100 mm (2.0–3.9 in) long on a peduncle up to 400 mm (16 in) long with spreading bracts 1.0–1.2 mm (0.039–0.047 in) long. The perianth has a wide opening, the upper tepal 5.0–5.6 mm (0.20–0.22 in) long and about 2.5 mm (0.098 in) wide and curved, the lower tepal about 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The stigma is almost square to shaped like a trapezium with the lobes bent back, shallowly to moderately notched, 0.9–1.1 mm (0.035–0.043 in) long and 1.5–1.6 mm (0.059–0.063 in) wide. Flowering occurs in September and October, and the fruit is elliptic on a short neck, 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long with a beak on the end.