- Reference
- Proc.Linn.Soc.New South Wales 5:15 (1890)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. pink-white, Jul to Oct. Yellow sand/loam over laterite. Flats, roadverges.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs simple or stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 5.5-15 mm long, with 3 leaflets, 1-4.5 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 axillary, solitary; pedicels 0.5-2 mm long; calyx present, 3-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 4-6 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, hairy, with an appendage. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dalwallinu, Kellerberrin, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Nungarin, Trayning, Westonia.