- Reference
- Bot.Jahrb.Syst. 35:163 (1904)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, erect shrub, 1-2.5 m high. Fl. red-purple, Jul to Aug. Sand, sandy clay, loam, laterite. Hills.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 15-20 mm long, 6-12 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, once divided, pinnately divided or divided only at the apex, entire or shallowly divided. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 3.5-4 mm long, glabrous. Perianth 4-6 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-10 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 20 mm long, 9-10 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 17 mm long (including wing), 8-12 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Wagin, Wongan-Ballidu.