- Reference
- Sketch Veg.Swan R. 27 (1839)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Diffuse, ascending shrub, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. red/red-orange, Sep to Dec or Jan. Sand, gravelly loam.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 3-5 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-10 mm long, Indumentum present. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-8.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla red, 20-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 7-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-10 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.7-1.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 17-20 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Brookton, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Northam, Tammin, York.