- Reference
- Taxon 69:493 (2020)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 4-13 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide, terete, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary or in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 5-8.5 mm long; calyx present, 2.5-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink, white or cream or blue, petals four, 8-10.5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 4-5 mm long, smooth, glabrous, with an appendage; style 5-5.7 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Esperance, Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Boddington, Busselton, Carnamah, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Gnowangerup, Irwin, Narrogin, Northam, Pingelly, Ravensthorpe, Toodyay, West Arthur, Williams, Woodanilling, York.