- Reference
- Věstn.Král.České Společn.Nauk.Tř.Mat.-Přír. 2:10 (1923)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Open shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. red, Jun to Dec. Gravelly loam. Slopes.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.3-1 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 8-35 mm long, 4-7 mm wide, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs curled; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, the margins recurved or revolute. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, red; pedicels 5-6 mm long. Perianth 5-8 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1 mm long; pistil 7-9 mm long, red, pollen presenter lateral, style hairy. Follicles hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 13 mm long. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.