- Reference
- Nuytsia 9(2):252 (1993)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, (0.3-)0.8-1.8 m high. Fl. white-cream, Jul or Sep to Nov. Sand or sandy loam on sandstone, lateritic gravel. Sandstone outcrops, creeklines.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 5-20 mm long, 8-30 mm wide, hairy, on the adaxial or abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle or clearly widest above the middle, once divided, tripartitely divided or divided only at the apex, shallowly divided or deeply divided, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, white or cream; pedicels 4-8 mm long. Perianth 2-3 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1.5 mm long; pistil 3-4 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 8-10 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan.