- Reference
- Prodr. Suppl. 23 (1830)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prickly shrub, 1.2-4(-6) m high. Fl. red, Jan or May to Sep. Sandy, rocky soils over sandstone. Rocky hillsides, boulders.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous, with a glaucous bloom. Leaves alternate, 30-50 mm long, 30-55 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, the margins flat. Inflorescences axillary, red; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Perianth 5-7 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1.5 mm long; pistil 7-9 mm long, red, pollen presenter lateral, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 9-10.5 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August or September. Occurs in the Northern (N) Botanical Province(s), in the Northern Kimberley (NK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB) or Dampierland (DL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Mitchell.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.