- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.45-1 m high, longest leaves to 4 cm long, dentate; flowering spike to 20 cm long. Fl. white, Aug to Nov. Yellow sand or brown sand and laterite. Rocky hillsides, sandplain.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-15 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins toothed. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.5-1 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 5-7.5 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 1-3.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2-3.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.1-0.3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Goomalling, Moora, Morawa, Northampton, Perenjori, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu.