- Reference
- Fragm. 9:111 (1875)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Open shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. pink, Apr to May or Jul or Oct. Limestone, clay-loam. Stony cliffs, breakaways.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, compound, 4-5 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 4-5 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 3-9 mm long; calyx present, 2.6-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink, petals four, 8-10.5 mm long, valvate (not overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.5-2 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.5-0.8 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in April, May, July and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.