- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, (0.15-)0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. white/cream, Oct to Nov. White/grey sand. Sandplains, dunes.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 40-150 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, erect, incurved or sigmoid. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters stalked, white or purple, hairy; floral bracts 2.5-3.5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-8.3 mm long, irregular, hairy; upper lip 2.5-4.2 mm long, glabrous; lower lip 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Nut 1.5-2 mm long. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Esperance, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.