- Reference
- Novon 23:448-450, Fig. 1 (2015)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, with glabrous stems. Leaves 25-80 mm long, 15-60 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairs and scales absent (leaves quite glabrous). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 9-12 mm long; glabrous. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present, the lobes free, glabrous. Calyx green, 15-17 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla white or pink, 40-50 mm long, glabrous. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 1-1.4 mm long; anthers 0.8-1 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Flowering time May or June. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion North Kimberley. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Wyndham-East Kimberley.