Citation: F. Muell., Trans. Phil. Soc. Vic. 1:21 (1854).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Erect shrub to 2.5 m tall, moderately to densely pubescent with glandular hairs and sometimes scattered non-glandular hairs, glabrescent; leaves borne singly, sessile, more or less linear, 2-50 x 0.5-6 mm (on seedlings up to 95 x 8 mm).

Flowers solitary, leaf-opposed or terminal; peduncle 2-6 mm long, glandular-pubescent; calyx 4-7 mm long, glandular-pubescent; corolla 19-28 mm in total length, white to creamy-yellow, with dull purple striations in the throat, glandular-pubescent outside, glabrous inside; corolla lobes 13-20 mm long.

Capsule broadly ovoid-ellipsoid to pear-shaped, 5-9 mm long; seeds brown, 1.7-2.2 mm long.

	Flowering branch with calyx and corolla removed.
Image source: fig. 559A in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Published illustration: Haegi & Dashorst (1985) J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 7:319.

Distribution:  On steep rocky slopes usually above watercourses; rare, at a few sites in the Flinders and Mt Lofty Ranges; sometimes locally abundant following fire. S.Aust.: FR, NL, SL. Conservation status: native Flowering time: May — Nov.

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

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available