- Reference
- Fragm. 6:232-233 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Compact, much-branched perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.75(-2) m high, leaves oblong-lanceolate, 5-85mm long, 1.5-12mm wide; spike maroon-pink, cylindrical to hemispherical, 8-55mm long, 8-17mm wide; bract 3.3-3.8mm long; bracteole 3.3-3.6mm long; tepals 5.3-6.2mm long, apex acuminate; fertile stamens 5; style straight, 1.8-2.1mm long, centrally fixed to ovary. Fl. white-pink/red/purple, Apr to Oct. Red sand, pebbly red loam. Sandplains & sand dunes.
Scientific Description
Shrubs or perennial herbs, stems several, more or less erect, persistently hairy, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 5-85 mm long, 1.5-12 mm wide, glabrescent, with dendritic hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green or pink, cylindrical or hemispherical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3.3-3.8 mm long, colourless, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 3.3-3.6 mm long, colourless, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Outer tepals 5.3-6.2 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 4.8-5.8 mm long, glabrous within. Style 1.8-2.1 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.5-1.7 mm long, dull, black. Distribution: Northern and Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Dampierland, Ord Victoria Plains.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Cape Range, Chichester, Dune Field, Eastern Murchison, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.