- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 7:132-133 (1871)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, many-stemmed, spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.3-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. green-purple-brown, Dec or Jan to Feb. Gravelly sand, laterite, deep sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Shrubs; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 50-110 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire, the margins flat; apex acute. Inflorescences not viscid, green, brown or purple, hairy; floral bracts 2.5-3 mm long, hairy; pedicels 8-10 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9.5-12 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 3-4 mm long; pistil 13-15 mm long, pollen presenter lateral, style hairy. Follicles not viscid. Flowers in January, February or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan.