- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:543 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.15-1.7 m high. Fl. red, Jun to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand, sandy clay, limestone. Ridges & outcrops, seasonally wet areas.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 20-45 mm long, hairy, on the adaxial or abaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 5-20 mm long, 0.5-1 mm wide, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, orange or red; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Perianth 6-9 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 3-4 mm long; pistil 20-24 mm long, orange or red, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 15 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cambridge, Canning, Cockburn, Coorow, Cottesloe, Dandaragan, Fremantle, Gingin, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Kwinana, Mandurah, Mosman Park, Perth, Rockingham, Stirling, Wanneroo, Waroona.