- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:480 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, many-branched shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. pink-purple/red, Jul to Oct. Sandy soils, often with lateritic gravel, deep yellow sand. Undulating sandplains, lateritic ridges.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 50-150 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex pungent, 1.8-2.3 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, pink. Perianth 12-14 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 12-16 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 3.5-5 mm long, the brush 1.5-2 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Moora, Narembeen, Perenjori, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.