- Reference
- Telopea 3: 505-506 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate perennial, herb or shrub. Fl. white-cream, Oct to Dec or Mar. Sand, sand clay. Near rivers.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10(-40) mm long, 2(-9) mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, absent hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 2.5(-5.5) mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 0.8 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.8-2 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla white, 14(-17) mm long, rarely without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, hairy on the inside, 0.5-0.6 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6.5(-8) mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in October, November and December. Occurs in the Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.