- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 5:479 (1870)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. cream-white/white-yellow, Jun to Sep. Gravelly sand, rocky loam.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.30-0.40 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 25-100 mm long, hairy, on the abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, widest around the middle, once divided, tripartitely divided, entire or shallowly divided; lobes 2-7 mm long, 1-4 mm wide, the margins recurved. Inflorescences terminal, white or cream; pedicels 5-6 mm long. Perianth 2-4 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 0.5-1 mm long; pistil 4-6 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 7-9 mm long. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cranbrook, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.