- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, 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, 10-30 mm long, with 3-7 leaflets, each 8-14 mm long, 0.5-2 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 2.5-3 mm long; calyx present, 1.5-4.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink, petals four, 8-9 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 2 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.5-0.8 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in February, September and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cranbrook, Jerramungup, Perth.