- Reference
- Nuytsia 1:383 (1974)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.6-3 m high. Fl. orange & red/pink, Jan or Apr to May or Aug to Nov. White siliceous sand over quartzite. Rocky hillsides.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.75-3 m high. Leaves alternate, 25-45 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, with glands at the leaf (or leaf lobe) apex or on the surface of the leaf blade. Inflorescences pink; innermost bracts 3.5-4 mm long; peduncles 8-10 mm long. Perianth 23-25 mm long, glabrous or hairy; ovary hairy; pistil 29-33 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style hairy. Flowers in May, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.