- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:480 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, many-branched shrub, 0.4-1.2 m high. Fl. pink-purple/red, Aug to Dec. Sandy & gravelly soils, laterite. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 50-135 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire or divided to the midrib, straight or curved, scabrous, apex pungent, 2-3 mm long, with 2-3 points or lobes. Inflorescences not viscid, pink. Perianth 13-15 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 13-15 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 2-3 mm long, the brush 1-1.5 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 10-12 mm long. Flowers in August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Yilgarn.