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- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 9:113-114 (1875)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Slender perennial, herb or shrub, 0.2-0.3(-0.5) m high. Fl. pink-blue-white, Sep to Oct. Sand & clay with lateritic gravel. Rises, outcrops.
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Scientific Description
Shrub, Spines absent, surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, cross-section +/- cylindrical. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Leaves Position opposite, Indumentum glabrous, Complexity simple, Cross section of leaves or leaflets terete, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 4-13. Width mm wide 0.5-0.7. Inflorescences flowers axillary, solitary or flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles). Pedicel length mm long 5-8.5. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 2.5-4. Corolla lobes Colour pink, white or cream or blue, Number four, Petals valvate (meeting edge to edge) not valvate (overlapping), Corolla lobes (fused into tube) not connate, Prominent raised glands absent. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 8-10.5. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface smooth. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 4-5. Anthers Appendage present. Style Indumentum glabrous. Length (including stigma) mm long 5-5.7. Flowering Time September or October. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Esperance, Swan Coastal Plain or Geraldton.