- Reference
- Prodr. 7:782 (1839)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Rosetted perennial, herb, 0.15-0.5 m high, Leaves tufted, linear, (8-) 14-35 cm long, 1-1.8 mm wide, apex acute to mucronate, margin involute, glabrous. Membraneous scale leaves present at base of mature leaves. Scape with glandular and pilose hairs. Inflorescence cymose. Fl. white-cream, Aug to Nov. Sand, sandy loam, granite. Hillslopes, dunes, plains. Forest, woodland, shrubland, heath.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Beverley, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Brookton, Bunbury, Busselton, Capel, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Kent, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Manjimup, Melville, Mundaring, Murray, Nannup, Narrogin, Northam, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Toodyay, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, York.