- Reference
- Nuytsia 12:256 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. white/white-pink, Jun to Oct. Sandy soils. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, simple, 2-6 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, terete, verrucose (warty), covered in hairs or scales or glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers terminal. solitary; pedicels 2-3 mm long; calyx present, 1-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals five, 6-6.8 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 3-3.4 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.5-0.7 mm long, with an appendage; style 2-3 mm long, hairy. Flowers in June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Murchison, Great Victoria Desert, Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kondinin, Koorda, Leonora, Menzies, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Northampton, Perenjori, Sandstone, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.