- Reference
- Trans.Linn.Soc.London 10:74 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.4-1.2(-2.5) m high. Fl. pink/red & other, Jul to Oct. Sand. Seasonally-wet flats, swamps.







Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with straight hairs. Leaves alternate, 15-90 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, clearly widest above the middle, entire. Inflorescences not viscid, pink or purple. Perianth 25-38 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy at the apex only; pistil 30-40 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 5-6.5 mm long, the brush 1.5-2.7 mm long. Cone with deciduous scales, 8-10 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Denmark, Manjimup, Plantagenet.