- Reference
- Nuytsia 2:345-349 (1979)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Compact, perennial shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high, leaves linear, 2-10 mm long, 0.5-3 mm wide; spike pink, hemispherical, 15-30 mm long, 20-40 mm wide, 5-8 -flowered; tepals 14-17 mm long; 2 fertile stamens, staminodes 3; ovary glabrous; style slightly curved, 9.9-11.1 mm long, eccentrically fixed to ovary. Fl. pink-red, Aug to Oct. Clayey soils. Saline flats, low breakaways.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, stems single, more or less erect, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, 2-10 mm long, 0.5-3 mm wide, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink or magenta, hemispherical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3.7-4.2 mm long, coloured, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 5.5-6.5 mm long, coloured, glabrous or hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 15.2-16.8 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 13.2-15.8 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 9.9-11.1 mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Murchison, Yalgoo.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Tallering, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cue, Murchison.