- Reference
- Nuytsia 11(3):328-330,Fig.10K-O (1997)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender, aromatic shrub, to 0.7 m high, branches obviously glandular; leaves trifoliolate; sepals longer and wider than petals. Fl. white, May to Jun. Quartzite. Rocky areas in open eucalypt woodland.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty) or smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 6-15 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 5-10 mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 0.5-3 mm long; calyx present, 3-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals four, 2.5-4 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, hairy. Flowers in May and June. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley, Central Kimberley and Ord-Victoria-Plain IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Hart, Mitchell, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.