- Reference
- Engl., Pflanzenr. 277(Heft 54):136 (1912)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. white, May to Nov or Jan to Mar. Sandy or clayey soils, often over limestone.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-45 mm long, 3-12 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 4-5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 2-4 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.2-0.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 15-16 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5.5-7.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-7 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.1-0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.4-0.7 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6.5-10 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules one or two. Flowers in January, February, March, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Hampton (HAM), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Hampton, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Recherche, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Eucla, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kent, Ravensthorpe.