- 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, 6-9 mm long, 2-2.5 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 3-5 mm long; calyx present, 3-4 mm long, verrucose (warty), glabrous; corolla pink, white or cream or blue, petals four, 8-9 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-2.5 mm long, smooth, hairy, with an appendage; style 4.5-5 mm long, hairy. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain and Geraldton IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Geraldton Hills, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Dundas, Kondinin, Koorda, Merredin, Narembeen, Northampton, Wongan-Ballidu, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.