- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:262 (1848)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. white/white-cream, Jun to Sep. White/grey or red/brown sand, loam, gravel, often over laterite, limestone. Sandplains, sand dunes, flats, low hills, depressions.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.15-1.6 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 25-105 mm long, (1.5-)2-5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or cream; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 3-4.5 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 18-42 mm long, 12-25 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 13.5-30 mm long (including wing), 13-17 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in June, July, August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Murchison (MUR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Western Murchison.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Canning, Carnamah, Chittering, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gosnells, Irwin, Kalamunda, Moora, Murchison, Murray, Northampton, Perth, Shark Bay, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Wandering, Waroona.