- Reference
- Nuytsia 31:9-13, Fig. 1 (2020)
- 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, 4-9.5 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, flat, the margins revolute, verrucose (warty), covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers terminal. solitary; pedicels 1.5-2 mm long; calyx present, 1-1.6 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous except for a ciliate marginal fringe, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals five, 4.5-5.5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-2.5 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.5-1 mm long, without an appendage; style 4 mm long, hairy. Flowers in May, June, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA region(s). Conservation Code: Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Tammin.