- Reference
- Nuytsia 12:264 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender, erect shrub, 0.2-0.6(-1.2) m high. Fl. pink-purple-blue/white, Jun to Nov. Variety of soils.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 6-20 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, flat, the margins recurved, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 4-6 mm long; calyx present, 1.5-2 mm long, verrucose (warty), glabrous; corolla pink, purple, white or cream or blue, petals five, 4-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-2.5 mm long, smooth, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 0.5 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Warren, Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Nedlands, Northam, Perth, Quairading, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Park, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona.