- Reference
- J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 17:181-182 (1996)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, to 3 m high. Stony sandy loam.
Scientific Description
Trees or Shrubs, 1-8 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 35-100 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, cream; pedicels 2-6 mm long. Perianth 4-6 mm long, glabrous or hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 7-11 mm long, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles 17-32 mm long, 10-20 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 15-20 mm long (including wing), 7-10 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) Botanical Province(s), in the Pilbara (PIL), Gascoyne (GAS) or Murchison (MUR) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carlisle, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Maralinga, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara, Greater Geraldton, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna.