- Reference
- A.DC., Prodr. 14:380 (1856)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub or tree, to 6 m high. Fl. red/pink/orange/yellow, Apr to Oct. Red sand or loam, stony or skeletal soils, laterite, sandstone, limestone, quartzite. Sand dunes, plains, rocky hills & gullies, cliffs or ridges, along creeklines.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, King Sound.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Wiluna, Wyndham-East Kimberley.