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- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 1:313 (1863)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Erect or spreading shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. white/white-cream-green, Mar to Apr or Jul to Nov. Sandy & clay or loamy soils. Lateritic hills & breakaways, granite.
Scientific Description
Shrub, Spines absent, surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, cross-section +/- cylindrical. Indumentum Presence covered in hairs or scales, Type stellate (star shaped) hairs. Leaves Position opposite, Indumentum glabrous, Complexity compound, Cross section of leaves or leaflets flat, Margins flat, Surface smooth, without distinct raised glands, Stipular excrescences absent. Length mm long 10-18. Width mm wide 1(-5). Leaflets Number of leaflets 3-5, Length 7-9, Width 1-2. Inflorescences flowers axillary, solitary or flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles). Pedicel length mm long 2-3.5. Calyx Presence present. Indumentum Presence glabrous. Length mm long 1.5. Corolla lobes Colour white or cream or green, 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 2-3.2. Stamens Number twice as many as petals. Filaments Surface warty with prominent raised glands. Indumentum Presence ciliate. Anthers Appendage present. Flowering Time March, April, July, August, September, October or November. Distribution Botanical Province South-West, IBRA Bioregion Mallee or Esperance.