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- Reference
- Nuytsia 19:54-57, Fig.1 (2009)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Scientific Description
Shrubs, stems single, more or less prostrate or more or less erect, persistently hairy or glabrescent, with verticillate or dendritic hairs. Leaves present, 2-5(-5.5) mm long, 0.5-1.5 mm wide, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink or magenta, ovoid or hemispherical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3-4.5 mm long, coloured or colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 4.8-6 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 15-19 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 14.5-18.5 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style (8.5-)9-9.5(-10) mm long, sigmoid, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert.