- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
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 opposite, simple, 2-2.5 mm long, 1.2-1.5 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers in axillary, loose clusters (cymes or panicles); pedicels 1-3 mm long; calyx present, 2-3 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla pink or white or cream, petals four, 3.5-6.5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the margins only; stamens twice as many as petals, 1.5 mm long, smooth, glabrous, with an appendage; style 2 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August, September, November and December. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Mallee and Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Esperance, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.