- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets verrucose (warty), +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, simple, 3-3.5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, terete, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 1 mm long; calyx present, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales; corolla white or cream, petals five, 4-5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, lepidote (with scales); stamens twice as many as petals, 3-4 mm long, smooth, glabrous; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in August. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie and Mallee IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie.
- IBRA Subregions
- Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Menzies, Yilgarn.