- Reference
- Fragm. 2:5 (1860)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 15-45 mm long, 4-12 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 10-13 mm long. Perianth of two whorls but the corolla reduced to small scales or tiny lobes at the base of the ovary. Pedicel present, 9-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) present. Calyx purple, 9-12 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages absent, number of ribs present, one. Corolla glabrous. Stamens five, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 1.7-4 mm long; anthers 1.8-2.2 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs absent, stellate hairs present, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 4.1-5 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Flowering time March, July, August, September, October, November or December. Distribution Botanical Province Eremaean or South-West, IBRA Bioregion Yalgoo, Murchison, Great Victorian Desert, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mackay, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee, Western Murchison.
- IMCRA Regions
- Zuytdorp.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chittering, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cue, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, East Pilbara, Esperance, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Magnet, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Murchison, Narembeen, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Sandstone, Shark Bay, Tammin, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wickepin, Wiluna, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.