- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 31 (1839)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, compact shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. white-other, May to Oct. Grey or yellow-orange clayey sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 20-120 mm long, 10-30 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, entire or shallowly divided, erect. Inflorescences without leaves, the flowers dispersed singly, white or cream, hairy; floral bracts 1.5-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 3-8 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1.5-2.4 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.5-1 mm long, hairy. Nut 2-2.5 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Belmont, Canning, Gosnells, Kalamunda, Swan.