- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(2):256 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. white & pink, Aug to Oct. Red sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 3-13 mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; calyx present, 0.8-1 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2.5-3 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 0.7-1 mm long, with an appendage; style 2-2.4 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Katanning.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chapman Valley, Wongan-Ballidu.