- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. red & yellow/cream, May to Jun or Aug to Sep. Yellow sand or red sandy loam. Granite outcrops, river flats, gorges.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-55 mm long, 12-30 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire or dentate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules apparently absent, even from youngest leaves. Fruits dehiscent (capsules and follicles), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, 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 absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit; carpels 4; seeds per loculus 1. Flowering time May, June, August or September. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Yalgoo, Murchison, Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Merredin, Tallering, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Dalwallinu, Greater Geraldton, Menzies, Morawa, Northampton, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo.