- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 8:1194,Fig.15 (1995)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Intricate shrub, ca 0.5 m high. Fl. red-brown, Nov. Gravelly sand.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 8-55 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Bracteoles absent. Corolla with some cream spots, streaks or blotches. Stamens ten; filaments free (or united at the very base). Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 18-25 mm long, 14-20 mm wide, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.