- Reference
- Nuytsia 11(3):324-325, Fig.10P-S (1997)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Sprawling shrub, 0.4-0.5 m high, leaves pinnate, pinnae 15-27; sepals longer and wider than petals, 3.5-5 mm long. Fl. white-pink, May to Jul. Sandstones and quartzites.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 8-40 mm long, with 9-25 leaflets, each 5-10 mm long, 0.5-3.5 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 6-20 mm long; calyx present, 2-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 2-3.5 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, hairy. Flowers in May, June and July. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wyndham-East Kimberley.