- Reference
- Winnecke's Expl.(1883) 15 (1884)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate or spreading shrub, to 0.7 m high. Sand dunes.
Scientific Description
Herb, with hairy stems. Leaves 15-40 mm long, 7(-30) mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles present, abundantly covering the fruit; terminal awns or spines present; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Flowering time July. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Great Sandy Desert.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Great Sandy Desert, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mackay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara.