- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 16:188-192,Figs 2-3 (2003)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, to 3 m high. Fl. pink/other, Apr to Aug. Gravelly and rocky soil, grey sand over sandstone. On cliffs & rocky slopes, by streams & pools.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 25-100 mm long, 9-55 mm wide, not lobed; margins dentate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, the lobes free, indumentum present, stellate hairs presentwith scales absent, Sessile glands absent. Calyx green, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla pink, 48-55 mm long, glabrous. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present; anthers 1.2-1.4 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with five style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time April, May, June, July or August. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley and Ord-Victorian-Plain.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Keep, Pentecost, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.