- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Many-stemmed shrub, to 2 m high. Fl. orange-red, Apr or Jun to Oct or Dec. White or grey sand, brown sandy clay, laterite gravel, limestone. Sandplains, slopes, plains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves whorled, 20-35 mm long, 4-10 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle or clearly widest above the middle, entire, the margins flat; apex acute, 1-1.5 mm long. Inflorescences orange; innermost bracts 15-20 mm long. Perianth 40-42 mm long, glabrous; pistil 44-46 mm long, style hairy. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Moora, Three Springs, Victoria Plains.