- Reference
- Enum.Pl.Austral.Occ. 41 (1930)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Decumbent annual, herb, to 0.3 m high.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs or annuals, stems several, more or less prostrate or more or less erect, persistently hairy, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 4-35 mm long, 2-15 mm wide, persistently hairy or glabrescent, with nodose hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes white or pink, ovoid or cylindrical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 4.2-5 mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 3.6-4.8 mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 3.4-4.5 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 2.5-3.6 mm long, glabrous within. Style 0.3 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Seeds (0.9-)1-1.1 mm long, glossy, black. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Ranges, Gibbson Desert.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Great Sandy Desert, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Hamersley, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Ngaanyatjarraku.