- Reference
- Muelleria 12:32-33 (1999)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.3-0.8 m high. Fl. white & pink, Aug to Oct. Grey sand, gravelly loam.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 6-10 mm long, 2-4 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; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long; calyx present, 2-2.5 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, 4-6 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 2 mm long, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs), with an appendage. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dumbleyung, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Yilgarn.