- Reference
- Taxon 69:494 (2020)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- 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, 4-15 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, flat, the margins flat or revolute, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in terminal, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 0.5-4 mm long; calyx present, 2.5-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 5-9 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.5-2 mm long, warty with prominent raised glands, ciliate (with a marginal fringe of hairs); anthers 1-1.2 mm long, with an appendage; style 0.5 mm long.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kondinin, York.