- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 6:233-234 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Compact, perennial shrub, 0.2-0.8 m high, leaves ovate-obovate, grey-green, 5-45 mm long, 3-20 mm wide; spikes green-white to pink or yellow ovoid-cylindrical or orbicular, 5-22 mm long, 7-18 mm wide; bract 2-3.4 mm long; bracteoles 2.5-4 mm long; tepals 4-7.6 mm long; 5 fertile stamens; ovary glabrous; style straight, 1.7-3 mm long, centrally fixed to ovary. Fl. green-white/yellow-red/purple, Mar to May or Jul to Oct.
Scientific Description
Shrubs or perennial herbs, stems single, more or less erect, persistently hairy, with verticillate or stellate hairs. Leaves present, 5-45 mm long, 3-20 mm wide, persistently hairy or glabrescent, with dendritic or stellate hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green, ovoid or spherical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 2-3.4 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 2.5-3.6 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 4.4-5.3 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 4.3-4.9 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 1.7 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.6 mm long, glossy, brown. Distribution: Northern and Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Dampierland, Ord Victoria Plains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Central, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Hart, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Ningaloo.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Laverton, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.