- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 6:239 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Bushy shrub, 0.5-1.2 m high. Fl. white-cream/purple, Jun to Aug. Grey or white sand, sometimes over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 35-85 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, once divided, tripartitely divided or divided only at the apex, shallowly divided, with 2-3 points or lobes; distance from base of leaf to lowest lobe 20-30 mm. Inflorescences not viscid, white, cream or yellow. Perianth 15-18 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 15-18 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 3-5 mm long, the brush 2-2.5 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 18-20 mm long. Flowers in June, July or August. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin, Mingenew, Three Springs.