- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:482 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spindly shrub, to 1.2 m high. Fl. white & red & pink, Aug to Oct. White sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 15-85 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, erect or recurved. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters stalked, white or pink, hairy; floral bracts 2-3 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-9 mm long, irregular, glabrous; upper lip 3-5 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 3.2-4.3 mm long, glabrous. Nut 2.5-3.5 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Northampton.