- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 6:227-228 (1869)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Annual or perennial (short-lived), herb, 0.3-0.6(-2) m high. Fl. green-white-red, May to Aug. Rocky sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs or annuals, stems several, more or less erect, glabrescent, with nodose or verticillate hairs. Leaves present, 50-150 mm long, 20-60 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green or pink, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 8-10 mm long. Bracteoles 9-11 mm long. Outer tepals 20-25 mm long. Inner tepals 19-24 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 16.5-20 mm long, sigmoid, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.5-1.7 mm long, glossy, brown. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Ranges.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mann-Musgrave Block.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ngaanyatjarraku.