- Reference
- Fl.Australia 17A:493 (2000)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, spreading to weakly erect, lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. pink-red-purple, Dec or Jan to Mar. Sandy loam, sandstone. Rock outcrops, ridges.
Scientific Description
Shrubs; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 40-65 mm long, 25-35 mm wide, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs curled; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, the margins flat. Inflorescences terminal, red or pink. Perianth 7-9 mm long, hairy, glandular-hairy or simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1 mm long; pistil 28-30 mm long, red, pollen presenter erect, style hairy. Follicles hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 11-13 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March or December. Occurs in the Northern (N) Botanical Province(s), in the Northern Kimberley (NK) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.