- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:167-168 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, to 1 m high. Fl. red/pink/purple, Sep to Dec. Yellow-brown sandy clay, brown sandy loam, grey sand over laterite gravel, granite. Flats, hillsides, along streams, valleys, seasonally damp areas.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 8-30 mm long, 2-7 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 9-16 mm long; calyx present, 4-6 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla red, pink or purple, petals four, 7.5-9 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-2.5 mm long, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 1-2 mm long, with an appendage; style 3.5-4 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Boddington, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Collie, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Katanning, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Wandering, Waroona, West Arthur.