- Reference
- Malayan Misc. 1:31 (1820)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub or tree, 1-5 m high. Fl. white/cream/yellow. Sand, loam over sandstone, basalt. Coastal areas, creeklines, scree slopes.
Scientific Description
Tree, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, compound, each 25-100 mm long, 10-35 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; calyx present, 1 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla white or cream, petals five, 10-20 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous. Flowers in January, February, March, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Keep, Mitchell.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wyndham-East Kimberley.