- Reference
- Mitt.Bot.Staatssamml.München 29:498-500 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, spreading perennial, herb. Fl. white, Sep. Sandy soils. Colluvial plains.
Scientific Description
Annuals, stems several, more or less prostrate, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, 5-60 mm long, 2-27 mm wide, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green, ovoid, cylindrical or hemispherical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 8-11 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 13-19 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 44-62 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 22-42 mm long, glabrous within. Style 1.1 mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.9-2.1 mm long, dull, brown. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne, Pilbara.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Hamersley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Meekatharra, Upper Gascoyne.