- Reference
- Nuytsia 20:226 (2010)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Annuals, stems single, more or less erect, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, (8-)10-40(-80) mm long, 2-5 mm wide, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green or red, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts (1.8-)2.2-3.8 mm long, colourless, glabrous or hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles (2.8-)3.3-4(-4.4) mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals (7.5-)8-11(-11.8) mm long, entire. Inner tepals (7.5-)8-11(-11.8) mm long, glabrous within. Style 4.5-9(-10) mm long, sigmoid, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds (1.4-)1.5-1.6(-1.8) mm long. Distribution: Northern Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Pindanland, Purnululu.
- IMCRA Regions
- Bonaparte Gulf, Cambridge-Bonaparte, Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.