- Reference
- Syst.Veg. 3:426 (1818)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 1-4 m high. Fl. white, Mar to Jun. Sand or sandy loam, rocky soils, granite, limestone, sandstone.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-4 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 40-110 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or pink; pedicels 4-8 mm long. Perianth 4-5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 4-6 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 20-25 mm long, 15-19 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 16-20 mm long (including wing), 5-8 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in March, April, May or June. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Esperance, Ravensthorpe, Waroona.