- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:567 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Open shrub, 1-2 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand, often over laterite. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 15-70 mm long, 8-50 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 1-2 mm long. Perianth 8-10 mm long, glabrous; ovary glabrous; pistil 10-14 mm long, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles 11-13 mm long, 4-6 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 11-15 mm long (including wing), (2-)3 mm wide, the wing discontinuous, marginal, extending ± equally down both lateral sides. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Perth, Recherche.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Esperance, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Northam, Ravensthorpe, Three Springs.