- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 35 (1840)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, multi-stemmed, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1(-2) m high. Fl. yellow/cream-white, May to Dec. Grey, yellow or brown sand over laterite or limestone. Sandplains, sometimes swampy areas.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 10-70 mm mm long, 1.5-2 mm mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex pungent, 1-1.5 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, cream, yellow or pink. Perianth 21-29 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 21-28 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 4-6 mm long, the brush 2.8-3.2 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 10-20 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Brookton, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Coorow, Corrigin, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Joondalup, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kojonup, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Nedlands, Perth, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, York.