- Reference
- Sendtnera 2:25-30,Figs 1,2 (1994)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Straggling shrub, ca 1 m high. Fl. purple/red-brown, Sep to Oct. Hills.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs, stems single, more or less erect, glabrescent, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 8-40 mm long, 3-15 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes magenta or red, ovoid or cylindrical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3-4 mm long, coloured, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 3.5-3.8 mm long, coloured, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 6-6.5(-7) mm long, entire. Inner tepals 5.9 mm long, glabrous within. Style 2.4 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Upper Gascoyne.