- Reference
- Enum.Pl.Austral.Occ. 40 (1930)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or spreading perennial, herb or shrub, 0.25-1 m high, leaves lanceolate-elliptical, 8-70 mm long, 2-26 mm wide; spike white cream-brown, ovoid, or cylindrical, 8-40 mm long, 10-15 mm wide; bract 4-4.8 mm long; bracteole 4.4-5.2 mm long; tepals 4.8-6 mm long; 5 fertile stamens; ovary glabrous; style straight, 1.5-2 mm long , centrally fixed to ovary. Fl. white-cream-red, Apr to Sep. Sandy & clayey soils. Rocky situations.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs, stems single, more or less erect, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 8-70 mm long, 2-26 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes white or brown, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 4-4.8 mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 4.4-5.2 mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 4.8-5.7 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 4.5-5.3 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 1.5-2 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.1-1.3 mm long, dull, black or brown. Distribution: Northern Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plains, Victoria Bonaparte.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.