- Reference
- Nov.Holl.Pl. 2:63 (1806)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.25-0.75 m high, Leaves tufted, narrowly oblanceolate, 15-42 cm long, 2-8 mm wide, apex acute, margin involute, glabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape with pilose and glandular hairs. Inflorescence racemose, sometimes paniculate. Fl. pink-purple, Sep to Nov. Sandy soils. Coastal dunes, sandplains. Heath, mallee shrubland, Banksia woodland.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Esperance, Ravensthorpe.