- Reference
- Hooker's Icon.Pl. 35:Tab.3438 (1950)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 1.5-3 m high. Fl. pink/pink-purple, Jan to Feb or Nov. Yellow or red/brown sandy soils, loam, gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 80-215 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, pink; pedicels 3-4 mm long. Perianth 4-5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 9-11 mm long, pollen presenter erect, style glabrous. Follicles 16-22 mm long, 8-11 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 11-14 mm long (including wing), 5-6 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in July, August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Dalwallinu, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kellerberrin, Koorda, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Sandstone, Trayning, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.