- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(1):126-128,Fig.2 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low-growing, wiry perennial, herb, 0.1-0.2 m high. Fl. pink/red, Jun or Sep. Gravelly clay loam over laterite. Jarrah-marri open forest.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, winged or strongly angled in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 10-30 mm long, 1.5-5 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles) or in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); calyx present, 4.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla red or pink, petals four, 6 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 3-4 mm long, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 1-1.3 mm long, with an appendage; style 2.2-3.2 mm long, hairy. Flowers in June and September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Busselton, Capel, Donnybrook-Balingup, Kalamunda.