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- Reference
- Nuytsia 1(2):198 (1971)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Not Current
Slender, erect shrub, 0.2-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. purple & green, Jan to Dec. Sandy soils. Granite hills & outcrops.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, simple, 10-22 mm long, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, with stellate (star shaped) hairs; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; calyx present, 3-3.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales; corolla purple or green, petals five, 10-15 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), connate, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 8-9 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 1 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).