- Reference
- Fragm. 2:98 (1860)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, slender shrub, 1-3(-5) m high. Fl. red/pink, Sep to Nov. Sandy soils. Wet flats & places, river banks.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves opposite, compound, 20-50 mm long, each 11-20 mm long, 1-2 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 7-10 mm long; calyx present, 2-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla red or pink, petals four, 7-12 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, hairy; style 2 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Cranbrook, Denmark, Nannup, Plantagenet.