- Reference
- Prodr. 568 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.12-0.57 m high, Leaves tufted, linear, 2.5-50 cm long, 0.5-3 mm wide, apex mucronate, margin involute, glabrous or scabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape pilose, glandular along inflorescence axis. Inflorescence head-like or racemose. Fl. pink, Oct to Dec. Sand, clay sand, sandy loam. Hillslopes, plains, depressions and granite outcrops. Heath, Agonis or mallee shrubland, open woodland.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wagin, Wandering, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams.