- 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, glabrous. Leaves opposite, simple, 8-22 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1-4 mm long; calyx present, 2-2.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla purple, white or cream, blue or green, petals four, 6-7 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, warty with prominent raised glands, hairy or ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 0.8-1 mm long, with an appendage. Flowers in April, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Boyup Brook, Broomehill-Tambellup, Busselton, Chittering, Coorow, Cranbrook, Denmark, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Manjimup, Mundaring, Narrogin, Northam, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, West Arthur, Williams, York.