- Reference
- Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:117 (1855)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 1-2 m high. Fl. white-cream/pink, May to Jun. Grey sand, loam. Lateritic hills & rocks.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 35-110 mm long, 8-28 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 5-6.5 mm long. Perianth 5-7 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 8-10 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 70-85 mm long, 30-40 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 40-60 mm long (including wing), 26-2630 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in May or June. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Three Springs.