- Reference
- A.DC., Prodr. 14:373 (1856)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Dense prickly shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. red, Jul to Oct or Dec. Gravelly loam, white or yellow sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 20-35 mm long, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 5-15 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences terminal, red or pink; pedicels 6-10 mm long. Perianth 6-10 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, sessile; pistil 30-37 mm long, red, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glandular hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 10-17 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dalwallinu, Moora, Morawa, Perenjori, Perth, Wongan-Ballidu.