- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 28:283-285, Figs 9, 10A (2016)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-30 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 7-10 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 10-14 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx purple, 8-11 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, one. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 1.3-2 mm long; anthers 1.5-2 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 5-6 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time September. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee and Esperance.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Merredin, Mukinbudin, Nungarin, Ravensthorpe, Westonia.