- Reference
- Hook., London J.Bot. 2:169 (1843)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender shrub, 1-3(-5) m high. Fl. pink-red, Sep to Dec. Sandy soils. Along creeks & streams, swamps.
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 opposite, compound, 10-48 mm long, with 5-17 leaflets, each 6-15 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 7.5-9 mm long; calyx present, 3-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous except for a ciliate marginal fringe, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla red or pink, petals four, 8.5-9 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, hairy; anthers 1-2 mm long. 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
- Dandaragan Plateau, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gingin, Harvey, Manjimup, Murray, Nannup, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Waroona, Williams.