- Reference
- Nomencl.Bot. edn 2, 2:644 (1841)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Perennial, herb or shrub, 0.25-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. cream-yellow, Sep to Nov. White or grey sand, sometimes with gravel. Sandplains, dunes, swampy areas, hillsides.
Scientific Description
Shrubs; branchlets glabrous, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 30-90 mm long, glabrous; lamina terete or subterete, twice or more divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib. Inflorescences not viscid; scape 70-150 mm long, hairy; floral bracts 0.8-1 mm long, hairy. Perianth 5-6 mm long, glabrous; ovary hairy, sessile; pistil 5.5-6 mm long, style glabrous. Follicles not viscid. Flowers in September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Boyup Brook, Cranbrook, Denmark, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.