- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:484 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, dense, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. cream/yellow & brown/red/pink, Aug to Sep. Sandy lateritic soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.20-0.40 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 140-360 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, incurved or recurved. Inflorescences leafy, the flowers aggregated into distinct clusters, the clusters sessile, white, yellow or red, glabrous; floral bracts 8-11 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 15-20 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the lobes 10-12 mm long. Nut 2.5-3 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest.
- IBRA Subregions
- Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Denmark, Plantagenet.