- Reference
- Fl.Australia 17B:394-395 (1999)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, (0.3-)0.6-2 m high. Fl. cream-white, Jul to Oct. White/grey or red sand often over laterite, gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.3-2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 50-75 mm long, 5-12 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, white or pink; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 4-5 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 15-23 mm long, 8-11 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 12-15 mm long (including wing), 5-7 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± equally down both lateral sides. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Brookton, Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Kulin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Three Springs, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu.