- Reference
- Nuytsia 11(3):320 (1997)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high, leaves pinnate, pinnae 13-23, recurved to revolute; sepals longer and wider than petals. Fl. cream-pink, Jan to Sep. Sand, sandstone, quartzite.
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, 28-35 mm long, with 7-29 leaflets, each 3-8 mm long, 1-2 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; calyx present, 6 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, 3 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.