- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(2):281 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, ca 1 m high. Clayey sand. Undulating sandplain.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty), +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 2-3 mm long, 1 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal umbels; pedicels 0.5-3.5 mm long; calyx present, 2-2.4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-5.5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, lepidote (with scales); stamens twice as many as petals, 3-4 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in January, June, August and October. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Murchison, Great Victoria Desert and Coolgardie IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Shield, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Menzies.