- Reference
- Nuytsia 16(1):78-80, Fig. 1 (2006)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Annual, herb, to 0.05 m high. Shallow leached sand. Edges of playa lakes, along saline drainage lines.
Scientific Description
Leaves flat, 12-18 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide; bristles or hairs on the leaf margin absent; hairs on the surface of the leaf absent (leaf surfaces glabrous). Scape present, hairy, 30-45 mm long. Inflorescence subtended by a bract 3.7-5 mm long, with several flowers; floral bracts 3.5-4 mm long; pedicels present, 10-20 mm long; flowers 4.5-7 mm long. Perianth hairy, radially symmetrical, uniformly coloured, white to cream, with six more or less equal tepals, the inner segments 2-4 mm long. Stamens six, in one level; anther 0.8-1 mm long, with an appendage. Style 1-1.3 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Mallee IBRA bioregion(s), of the South-west Botanical Province. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cunderdin, Kent, Lake Grace, Northam.