- Reference
- Nuytsia 12:86-87 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.4-1.6 m high, branchlets glossy and white when young; leaves fleshy, 2-3 mm long; sepal centre raised and fleshy. Fl. red, Aug to Sep. Banded ironstone ridges & hills, granite breakaways.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, simple, 1.8-2 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, terete, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers terminal. solitary; calyx present, 3-4 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla red, petals five, 8-12 mm long, connate, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, 12-15 mm long, hairy; anthers 2.4-2.5 mm long, without an appendage; style 13 mm long, hairy. Flowers in July, August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo and Murchison IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Menzies, Sandstone, Yalgoo.