- Reference
- A.DC., Prodr. 14:396 (1856)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, intricately branched shrub, 0.4-2.5 m high. Fl. white. Sand, loam, clay.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.2 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves alternate, 30-105 mm long, 0.7-1 mm wide, hairy or glabrous; lamina terete, entire. Inflorescences axillary, white; pedicels 1.5-2.5 mm long. Perianth 2-4.5 mm long, hairy; ovary glabrous; pistil 3-3.5 mm long, pollen presenter oblique, style glabrous. Follicles 20-28 mm long, 17-20 mm wide, corky tetrahedral projections (on external surfaces of fruit) absent; seed 17-20 mm long (including wing), 10-15 mm wide, the wing continuous. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Merredin, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broomehill-Tambellup, Gnowangerup, Kent, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe.