- 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, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs simple. Leaves opposite, simple, 3.5-4 mm long, 1.2-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with simple hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 4.5-7 mm long; calyx present, 4-6 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs simple; corolla pink, white or cream or blue, petals four, 7.5-9 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 2.5-3 mm long, smooth, hairy, with an appendage. Flowers in April, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Murchison, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Three Springs, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo.