Prodr. 543 (1810) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Slender erect or spreading shrub, to c. 60 cm high; branchlets minutely hispid. Leaves reflexed or spreading (ascending when very young), narrowly lanceolate to oblong, 4–12 mm long, 1–2.7 mm wide, convex or flat, slightly discolorous, glabrous with margins scabrous-ciliate, lower surface weakly 5–9-veined; apex acute, straight or slightly recurved. Flowers white, crowded, (5–)10–25 in terminal or upper-axillary spikes 5–13 mm long, spikes sometimes clustered at branch-tips; bracteoles ovate, 0.7–1.7 mm long, broadly acute or obtuse, glabrous; sepals ovate-oblong, 1.3–2 mm long, obtuse, glabrous; corolla 1.8–2.4 mm long, lobes subequal to or slightly longer than tube, acute, spreading, densely bearded within; anthers with short, slightly recurved sterile tips; ovary 2-locular, glabrous, style tapering, 0.2–0.3 mm long. Fruit. ellipsoid, c. 2.5 mm long. Flowers Jul.–Oct.
EGL, EGU, GipP, Glep, GGr, HNF, HSF, LoM, VAlp, VRiv, Wim. Also NSW, Tas. Common in sandy coastal heathlands and scrub eastwards from Orbost, uncommon and scattered in heathy lowland or foothill forests westwards to Little Desert.
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Glenelg Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Gippsland Plain | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
East Gippsland Lowlands | present | native | |
East Gippsland Uplands | present | native | |
Highlands-Southern Fall | present | native | |
Highlands-Northern Fall | present | native | |
Victorian Alps | present | native |
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South Australia |
New South Wales |
Victoria |
Tasmania |