- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:45 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tufted perennial, herb, 0.05-0.2 m high, flowering stalks 9-16 cm long, usually twice as long as the leaves. Fl. red, Oct to Dec or Jan. Sand or sandy gravel. Undulating plains.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 30-70 mm long, 1.5-12 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 4-8 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-6 mm long, glabrous. Corolla red, 10-16 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2.2-4.6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0-0.4 mm wide. Anthers connate. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in November and December. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Dowerin, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Victoria Plains.