- Reference
- Telopea 3: 519 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy clay, gravelly clay loam, sand. Granite outcrops, lateritic ridges.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves compressed, 3-10 mm long, 0.4-0.5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 7-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5.5-7.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.2-0.3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Harvey, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Murray, Swan, Victoria Plains, Williams, York.