- Reference
- Prodr. Suppl. 26 (1830)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bushy shrub, 1-3.5 m high. Fl. white/cream-yellow, Aug to Oct. White sand, gravelly sand, sandy clay. Flats, around salt lakes.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, (25-)38-105(-130) mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 4-5.5 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 7.5-9 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 25-38 mm long, 20-30 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 16-23 mm long (including wing), 8-10 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Ravensthorpe.