- Reference
- Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 16 (1837)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high, leaves pinnate, pinnae 11-27, linear, margins revolute; sepals longer and wider than petals. Fl. white/pink, Jan to Sep. Sandstones and sand. On sandstone in gullies and creekbeds, or in open woodland and forest.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales or glabrous, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, compound, 6-80 mm long, with 10-35 leaflets, each 5-25 mm long, 1-3 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; pedicels 4-10 mm long; calyx present, 4-10 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands; corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 4-10 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Victoria Bonaparte IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Keep.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wyndham-East Kimberley.