Synaphea oligantha

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Synaphea oligantha is a small flowering plant in the Proteaceae family, native to the coastal areas of southern Western Australia. It is a tangled shrub with leaves that are deeply divided into long, narrow lobes, and it bears spikes of yellow flowers hidden among the foliage. The plant grows on flats and dunes in sandy soils from Fitzgerald River National Park to Twilight Cove along the south coast, across the Esperance Plains, Hampton, and Mallee bioregions. It flowers from July to September, producing oval, beaked fruits about 5–6 mm long.

This species was first formally described in 1995 by A. S. George, based on specimens collected near Mount Le Grand in the Cape Le Grand National Park in 1971. The name oligantha means “few-flowered.” Synaphea oligantha is currently listed as not threatened in Western Australia.