- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb, to 0.4 m high. Fl. white/pink, Sep to Nov. Rocky soils. Low rocky slopes in open Acacia scrublands.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, stems single, more or less erect, persistently hairy, with verticillate, dendritic or stellate hairs. Leaves present, 5-40 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, persistently hairy, with verticillate, dendritic or stellate hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green or white, hemispherical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 1.9-2.1 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 2.4-2.6 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 6.5-8 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 6-7.5 mm long, glabrous within. Style (2.6-)2.7-2.9(-3) mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Murchison.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Murchison.