- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, woody shrub, to 0.1 m high. Fl. red, Jul to Oct. Sandy soils, gravel, laterite, granite. Outcrops, gullies, flat areas, ditches.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed, 5-15 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 6-10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-8 mm long, glabrous. Corolla red, 20-25 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 8.5-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-1.7 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 12-17 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Beverley, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Carnamah, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Katanning, Kojonup, Narrogin, Northam, Wagin, York.