- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:541 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading shrub, 0.2-0.8 m high. Fl. white-cream, Aug to Sep. Laterite, lateritic loam. Hillsides.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.2-0.8 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 10-35 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, hairy, on the adaxial or abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, white or cream; pedicels 9-11 mm long. Perianth 4-5 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-0.6 mm long; pistil 8-11 mm long, cream, yellow, orange or red, pollen presenter lateral, style hairy. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 8.5-11 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chittering, Northam, Swan, Toodyay.