- Reference
- PhytoKeys 152:87 (2020)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-35 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 2-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3.5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 9-10 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside, 0.3-0.8 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carlisle, Carnegie, Central, Dune Field, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Trainor, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cue, Dundas, East Pilbara, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Lake Grace, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Mount Magnet, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Wiluna.