- Reference
- Nuytsia 1:73 (1970)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.45-1.5 m high. Fl. white, Aug to Sep.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty), +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales. Leaves opposite, simple, 10-25 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, flat, the margins recurved, covered in hairs or scales, with peltate (umbrella-like) scales; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 5-9 mm long; calyx present, 1-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous or covered in hairs or scales; corolla white or cream, petals five, 5-6 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, lepidote (with scales); stamens twice as many as petals, 3-5.5 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, without an appendage; style 5 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Coolgardie, Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Nungarin, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Westonia, Yilgarn.