- Reference
- Austral.J.Bot. 33:423 (1985)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading shrub, 0.15-0.7(-1.2) m high. Fl. pink, May to Dec. Sandy & clayey soils, gravel. Undulating plains, rocky hills.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty), +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 3-9 mm long, with 3-5 leaflets, each 2.6-5 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers terminal. solitary; pedicels 1-2.5 mm long; calyx present, 3.5-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous except for a ciliate marginal fringe, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 4-8 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, glabrous; anthers 0.6-1.2 mm long, with an appendage; style 2 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe.