- Reference
- Trans.Roy.Soc.South Australia 88:53-56 (1964)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb, 0.25-0.35 m high, leaves elliptical-spathulate, 5-25 mm long, 2-10 mm wide; spike pink, ovoid-hemispherical, 10-20 mm long, 12-20 mm wide; bracts 7.5-8.5 mm long; bracteoles 7-8 mm long 12-20 mm wide; tepals 11-15 mm long; 2 fertile stamens, 3 staminodes; ovary hairy; style curved, 3.5-4 mm long, eccentrically fixed to ovary. Fl. pink, May to Sep.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs, stems several, more or less erect, glabrescent or glabrous, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, 5-25 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink or magenta, ovoid or hemispherical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts (7.5-)8-8.5 mm long, coloured, hairy, awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 7-7.5(-8) mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 12-14(-14.5) mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 11.5-13.5(-14) mm long, glabrous within. Style (3.5-)3.7-3.9(-4) mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert.
- IBRA Subregions
- Central, Eastern Goldfield, Shield.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Menzies.