- Reference
- Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:187 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, non-lignotuberous shrub, 2-4 m high. Fl. white, Dec or Feb. Sandy soils over granite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 2-4 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 45-100 mm long, 10-55 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or cream; pedicels 5-6 mm long. Perianth 5-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-7.5 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 30-37 mm long, 15-22 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 20-25 mm long (including wing), 9-11 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in December. 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, Denmark.