Labiat. Gen. Spec. 453 (1834) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Small shrub, 0.3–1 m high; branches c. terete, densely covered with short hairs, glandular. Leaves linear-oblong, -elliptic or -obovate, 1.5–6(–10) mm long, 0.5–1 mm wide, up to 6(–10) times as long as wide, glabrous or sparsely tomentose with glandular, terete to compressed-terete hairs, base slightly attenuate, margin entire, recurved when lamina subterete, apex obtuse to rounded; petiole 0–0.5 mm long. Flowers appearing axillary; bracteoles 2–3 mm long. Calyx 5–7 mm long, tube 3–4 mm long, lobes 2–3 mm long; corolla 10–20 mm long, red, pink-red, orange, rarely yellow, tube 8–11 mm long; anther appendage absent. Flowers spring.
Gold, GGr, LoM, MuF, MuM, NIS, VRiv, Wim. Also SA, Qld, NSW. In Victoria locally common in open mallee communities of the north-west, extending to Box-Ironbark forests and whipstick mallee communities of north-central areas (e.g. Bendigo, Rushworth), on red sandy loams overlying sandstone and shales, or in shallow calcareous soils, often with superficial ironstone pebbles ('buckshot gravel').
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | cultivated |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Australian Capital Territory |
Victoria |