- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub (with stout basal stem), to 1.7(-2) m high. White or yellow sand, laterite gravel over laterite, sand over limestone. Low hills and other somewhat elevated sites.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 30-75 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex pungent, 1.4-2 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, white, cream or yellow. Perianth 12-15 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 10-15 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 4-5 mm long, the brush 2.2-3 mm long. Cone with persistent scales. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Edel, Geraldton Hills.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chapman Valley, Northampton, Shark Bay.