- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:630 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual, herb, 0.1-1.2 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Apr to Nov. Clay, loam. Variety of habitats.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs or annuals, stems single or several, more or less erect, persistently hairy, glabrescent or glabrous, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, (8-)10-120(-160) mm long, (3-)5-60(-65) mm wide, persistently hairy or glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts (7-)7.7-10(-14) mm long, coloured, glabrous or hairy, awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles (7-)10-11(-13) mm long, coloured or colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 21-28 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 19.5-24.5 mm long, glabrous within or with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 10.8 mm long, sigmoid, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: South West, Northern and Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plains, Victoria Bonaparte.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Northern Kimberley, Nullarbor, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Chichester, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzroy Trough, Fortescue, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Mardabilla, McLarty, Merredin, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu, Roebourne, Rudall, Shield, Southern Cross, South Kimberley Interzone, Tallering, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley, Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore), Shark Bay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Derby-West Kimberley, Dundas, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Greater Geraldton, Halls Creek, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Karratha, Kondinin, Koorda, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Ngaanyatjarraku, Northampton, Perenjori, Port Hedland, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Trayning, Upper Gascoyne, Westonia, Wiluna, Wyalkatchem, Wyndham-East Kimberley, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.