- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(1):132,Fig.4 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb, 0.3-0.6 m high, lacking lignotuber, stem flattened and ancipitous when young. Fl. pink/pink-purple, Sep to Dec or Jan. White sand, gravelly laterite. Seasonally swampy heaths.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, winged or strongly angled in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 10-40 mm long, 2-15 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 7-15 mm long; calyx present, 3-7 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink or purple, petals four, 6-10 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-3.2 mm long, smooth, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 1.1-1.7 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in January, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Augusta Margaret River, Manjimup, Nannup.