- Reference
- Aliso 7:52-54 (1969)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.1-0.5 m high, Leaves tufted, linear, 4-26 cm long, 0.6-2.1 mm wide, apex acute to mucronate, margin involute, glabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape pilose below inflorescence, glandular along inflorescence axis. Inflorescence cymose. Fl. white/pink/violet, Sep to Nov. Sand over limestone, granite or laterite. Hillslopes and flats. Mallee shrubland, low heath.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Recherche.
- IMCRA Regions
- Eucla, WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Ravensthorpe.