- Reference
- Nov.Holl.Pl. 1:98 (1805)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading or erect shrub, 0.1-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. green-cream-yellow/red-brown, May or Jul to Oct. Sand, clay. Granite outcrops, coastal sand dunes & limestone cliffs.
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, 11-20 mm long, with 5(-11) leaflets, each 5-10 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 2-2.5 mm long; calyx present, 2-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous or covered in hairs or scales, the hairs simple; corolla red, yellow, white or cream, green or brown, petals four, 5-6 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 1-1.5 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, with an appendage, glabrous. Flowers in May, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Esperance, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.