- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:550 (1845)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading, often prickly shrub, (0.4-)0.6-3 m high. Fl. white-cream/cream-yellow, Jun to Nov. Yellow or red sand, laterite, sandy clay, loam. Sandplains, granite outcrops, hillsides.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy, with a glaucous bloom. Leaves alternate, 25-60 mm long, glabrous; lamina flat, once divided, pinnately divided, divided to the midrib; lobes 20-40 mm long, 0.5-0.8 mm wide, the margins revolute, enclosing the lower surface of the leaf blade, forming a groove either side of the midvein. Inflorescences axillary or terminal, white or cream; pedicels 7-9 mm long. Perianth 3-4 mm long; tepals all free after flower opens, glabrous; ovary glabrous, stipitate, the stipe 1-1.5 mm long; pistil 3-5 mm long, white or cream, pollen presenter conical, style glabrous. Follicles glabrous, not viscid, dehiscent, 8-9 mm long. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Yalgoo (YAL), Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Moora, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Mundaring, Narembeen, Northam, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.