- Reference
- Mitt.Bot.Staatssamml.München 2:167-168 (1956)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Short-lived, prostrate to decumbent annual, herb, 0.1-0.7 m high, leaves ovate, 4-130 mm long, 1-48 mm wide; spikes purple-mauve, ovoid, 10-60 mm long, 12-20 mm wide; bract dark brown, 4-5.6 mm long; bracteole 4-5.6 mm; tepals 7.7-8.3 mm long; fertile stamens 2 staminodes 3; ovary hairy; style curved, 1.9-2.6 mm long, eccentrically fixed to ovary. Fl. white-pink, Apr to Oct. Stony clay, alluvium. Floodplains, clay flats.
Scientific Description
Annuals, stems several, more or less erect, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, 4-130 mm long, (1-)2-48 mm wide, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes magenta, ovoid or cylindrical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3.8-4.9 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 4-5.6 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 7.7-8.3 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 6.6-7.7 mm long, glabrous within. Style (1.9-)2-2.5(-2.6) mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds (1.2-)1.3-1.4(-1.5) mm long, glossy, brown. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne, Pilbara.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne.