This name is not current. Find out more information on related names.
- Reference
- Nuytsia 1:200 (1971)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Upright, wiry-stemmed shrub, (0.05-)0.3-0.6(-1.3) m high. Fl. blue/pink/white, Apr or Jul to Nov. Often gravelly & sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Shrub, Spines present, surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, cross-section +/- cylindrical. Indumentum Presence covered in hairs or scales, Type simple hairs. Leaves Position opposite, Indumentum covered in hairs or scales, Indumentum type simple hairs, Complexity simple, Cross section of leaves or leaflets flat, Margins flat, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 3.5-4. Width mm wide 1.2-2. Inflorescences flowers axillary, solitary. Pedicel length mm long 4.5-7. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence covered in hairs or scales, Type simple hairs. Length mm long 4-6. Corolla lobes Colour pink, white or cream or blue, Number four, Petals valvate (meeting edge to edge) not valvate (overlapping), Corolla lobes (fused into tube) not connate, Prominent raised glands absent. Indumentum Presence hairy on the surfaces. Length mm long 7.5-9. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface smooth. Indumentum Presence hairy. Length mm long 2.5-3. Anthers Appendage present. Length mm long NaN (?). Flowering Time April, July, August, September, October or November. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Yalgoo, Murchison, Great Victoria Desert, Mallee or Swan Coastal Plain.