Austral. J. Bot. 14: 470 (1966) APNI
Taxonomic status:Accepted
Occurrence status:Present
Establishment means:Native
Threat status:Victoria: vulnerable (v)
Spreading to pendulous shrubs, white-tomentose, older stems and leaves often glabrescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, terete, mostly 6–12 cm long, 1.3–2.5 mm diam., apex obtuse, greyish, sessile. Inflorescence an umbel of triads, the central flower sessile; peduncles 5–8 mm long; rays of umbel usually 3, 2–4 mm long; pedicels of lateral flowers 1–2 mm long; bracts ovate, 2–3 mm long. Calyx entire or weakly toothed, limb c. 1 mm long; corolla 4- or 5-merous, 16–22 mm long, white-tomentose; anthers mostly 2–3 mm long, free part of filament c. twice as long as anther. Fruit globose, 5–6 mm long, whitish. Flowers mainly Jan.–Apr.
Gold, GGr, LoM, MuF, MuM, MSB, NIS, RobP, VRiv, VVP, Wim. Widespread in western Victoria but scarce due to the depletion of its main host plant Allocasuarina luehmannii (Buloke).
Bioregion | Occurrence status | Establishment means | |
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Lowan Mallee | present | native | |
Murray Mallee | present | native | |
Wimmera | present | native | |
Victorian Volcanic Plain | present | native | |
Victorian Riverina | present | native | |
Murray Scroll Belt | present | native | |
Robinvale Plains | present | native | |
Murray Fans | present | native | |
Goldfields | present | native | |
Greater Grampians | present | native | |
Northern Inland Slopes | present | native |
State |
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Western Australia |
South Australia |
Queensland |
New South Wales |
Victoria |