- Reference
- Meisn., Hooker's J.Bot.Kew Gard.Misc. 7:114 (1855)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, open shrub, 1.5-3 m high. Fl. cream/pink, Sep to Nov. Sand, loam, gravel, laterite. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1.5-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves alternate, 60-150 mm long, 1 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white or cream; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long. Perianth 3-4.5 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 6-8 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 15-19 mm long, 6-12 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 8-11 mm long (including wing), 3-4 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± unequally down each lateral side. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Tammin, Three Springs, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.