Fl. Austral. 4: 173 (1868) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Erect shrub to c.1(–2) m high; branchlets glabrous to puberulent. Leaves ascending to spreading, ovate to obovate, or almost orbicular, 3.5–11 mm long, 1.7–4.5 mm wide, glabrous, ± flat, dull green to grey-green, lower surface usually slightly paler; apex obtuse; margins plane, entire, rarely minutely serrulate. Flowers solitary, white, sweet-scented; bracteoles and sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, obtuse to subacute; bracteoles 1–2 mm long, sepals 1.4–2.5 mm long; corolla tube ± cylindric, 4–6 mm long, glabrous inside except for 5 tufts of reflexed hairs between anthers; lobes acute to acuminate, 1.8–3 mm long, erect to recurved, inner surface papillose; anthers ± cohering, enclosed within corolla tube; ovary 5-locular, style glabrous to densely papillose-puberulent, 1.6–3.5 mm long. Flowers mainly Sep.–Dec.
CVU, DunT, EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, Gold, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, MonT, MuM, NIS, SnM, VAlp, VRiv, VVP, Wim. Also SA, Qld, NSW. Common and widespread in drier heathland, mallee and heathy woodland or open-forest on sandy or rocky sites.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Central Victorian Uplands | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Dundas Tablelands | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Monaro Tablelands | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native | |
Snowy Mountains | present | native |
State |
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South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |