- Reference
- Taxon 69:494 (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 stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 5-8 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 4-7 mm long, 0.5 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1-2 mm long; calyx present, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous or covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla white or cream, petals four, 2-4 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces or glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs). Flowers in October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee, Esperance and Geraldton IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Northam, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin, York.