- Reference
- Nuytsia 9(1):96-101, Fig.1 (1993)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.4-1 m high. Fl. red & green & pink, Jun to Aug. Sand with gravel & pebbles.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 4-6.5 mm long, 1 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences present or absent. Flowers terminal. solitary; pedicels 2-4 mm long; calyx present, 4-7 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla red, pink or green, petals five, 12(-16) mm long, connate, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 14-15 mm long, hairy; anthers 2-2.5 mm long, without an appendage; style 15 mm long, hairy. Flowers in June, July and August. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Yilgarn.