- Reference
- Fragm. 6:229 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to decumbent perennial, herb, to 0.1 m high. Fl. white-green, Sep to Nov. Clay to sandy clays. Open woodland.
Scientific Description
Perennial herbs, stems several, more or less prostrate, glabrescent, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 8-70 mm long, 3-22 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green, white or pink, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 4.7-7.4 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 5.5-6 mm long, colourless, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 6.2-8.2 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 5.2-7.7 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 1.4-2.2 mm long, curved or straight, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: South West and Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Coolgardie, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Hampton, Mallee, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Hampton, Katanning, Mardabilla, Merredin, Nullarbor Plain, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Bruce Rock, Coolgardie, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Goomalling, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Lake Grace, Menzies, Merredin, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Nungarin, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Trayning, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.