- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:169-170 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, slender shrub, 0.6-2 m high. Fl. pink, Sep to Dec or Jan to May. Sand or sandy clay. Seasonally swampy areas.
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, 8-15 mm long, with 5-7 leaflets, each 7-13 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with simple hairs or stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary or in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 4-4.5 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, petals four, 7-10 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, glabrous, with an appendage; style 0.5-1 mm long. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cranbrook, Denmark, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet.