- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(2):254 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. white, May or Sep. Sand, red loam, clay loam. Sandplains, hill tops.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 3-6 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, verrucose (warty), glabrous; stipular excrescences present. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 3-6.5 mm long; calyx present, 1-2.5 mm long, verrucose (warty), glabrous; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-6 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long, with an appendage; style 4-5 mm long, hairy. Flowers in May and September. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dundas.