- Reference
- Prodr. Suppl. 30 (1830)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender, few branched, non-lignotuberous shrub or tree, 1-4 m high. Fl. pink, Aug to Oct. Gravelly soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-4 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 37-75 mm long, 30-100 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest below the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, pink; pedicels 5-7 mm long. Perianth 9-12 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 15-20 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 22-28 mm long, 17-20 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 16-19 mm long (including wing), 6-8 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending down one lateral side only. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.