- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(1):134-136,Fig.5 (1998)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, slender-stemmed perennial, herb, c. 1 m high, staminal filaments strongly ciliate. Fl. pink, Sep. Seasonally wet heath.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 7-10 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, flat, the margins concave (curved inward), smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 4-5 mm long; calyx present, 3.5-6 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous except for a ciliate marginal fringe, the hairs simple; corolla pink, petals four, 7(-10) mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1.5 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Augusta Margaret River.