- Reference
- Nuytsia 1:201 (1971)
- 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
Shrub, 0.4-0.8 m high. Fl. pink, Jul to Aug. Stony sandy loam or sand. Plains, hillsides & summits.
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, 8-10 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 5-7 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 3-4 mm long; calyx present, 4-5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 6-8 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in July and August. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace.