- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub or tree (open), to 3 m high, leaves deeply but openly grooved between angles. Fl. white-cream-pink-orange, May to Sep. Yellow sand, sandy loams, gravel, laterite, granite. Breakaways, hills, outcrops, sandplains, road verges.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 100-285 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, cream or pink; pedicels 3-5 mm long. Perianth 6-8 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 10-13 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 17-25 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 10-15 mm long (including wing), 5-6 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in May, June, July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Brookton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Northam, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Three Springs, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn, York.