Citation: J. Black, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 41:44, t. x (1917).

Synonymy: Grahamia australiana

Common name: None

Description:
Leaves oblanceolate to obovate, rarely elliptic, flat or concave above, 1-2.5 X 0.5-1.2 cm; axillary hairs 1-2 mm long.

Pedicels 3-7 mm long, erect; sepals lanceolate, 5-10 mm long; petals pale-pink, almost transparent, oblong, 8-20 mm long, enclosed in the sepals.

Capsule ovoid to oblong, 5-12 mm long; seeds pyramidal-trigonous, light- to red-brown, dull, tuberculate, c. 0.7 mm long, c. 0.5 mm wide.

Image source: fig. 124 in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 297.

Distribution:  Grows in arid areas, usually in skeletal soils on rocky hillsides and plains. S.Aust.: GT, FR.   N.T.; Qld; N.S.W. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Dec.

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

Biology: No text

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