- Reference
- Nuytsia 6:8 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender erect shrub, 0.2-0.5 m high. Fl. white, Jul to Sep. Lateritic gravel & sand or loam. Lateritic hills & sandplains, breakaways.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, simple, 7-13 mm long, 2(-3.5) mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal umbels; pedicels 14-16 mm long; calyx minute or absent, 0.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-5.8 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens numerous (more than twice as many as petals), 2.7-4.5 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1-1.5 mm long, without an appendage; style 4-5.5 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in July, August and September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coorow, Dandaragan.