- Reference
- Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:242 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, rounded, spinescent shrub, 0.2-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. white-yellow/red-purple, mostly Aug to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils, gypsum, limestone. Saline flats & depressions, tidal flats & coastal inlets, salt lakes.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with glabrous or scaly stems. Leaves 3-5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairywith scales scales, Sessile glands absent; stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel absent (flower sessile). Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 3-3.2 mm long, the lobes fused half or more of their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales scales present, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, white, red or purple, 3.2-4 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, united and arising from a staminal tube around the style; filaments present, 0-0.2 mm long; anthers 0-0.4 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs and scales absent (ovary quite glabrous); style 1, 3.2-4 mm long, with one or numerous style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time January, August, September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Great Sandy Desert, Gascoyne, Yalgoo, Murchison, Great Victorian Desert, Coolgardie, Nullarbor, Hamton, Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee and Esperance.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Hampton, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Hampton, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Perth, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Canning, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Mingenew, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Murchison, Perenjori, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Swan, Three Springs, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.