- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 2:5 (1860)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 6-25 mm long, 2-9 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), 2.2-7 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 6-11 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx mauve or purple, 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; filaments present, 2-2.5 mm long. Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 4.5-5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Murchison, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Northam, Perenjori, Perth, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, York.