- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:484 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spindly shrub, 0.5-2.4 m high. Fl. white, Sep to Dec. Sandy soils. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 20-60 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle or widest around the middle, entire, erect. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers dispersed singly, white, hairy; floral bracts 1.5-2.6 mm long, hairy. Perianth 4-6 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 1.2-2.3 mm long, hairy; lower lip 0.5-1.2 mm long, hairy. Nut 2.2-2.7 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Corrigin, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Kellerberrin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin, Woodanilling.