Citation: Chinn., J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 6:156 (1983).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Erect perennial to c. 20 cm high, covered with peltate scales; branchlets terete; leaves lanceolate, bright-green, 8-30 X 2-4 mm.

Flowers solitary; peduncles 6-10 mm long; perianth-segments yellow inside, equal in length, 3.5-8 mm long, free for at least half their length; stamens numerous, evenly distributed around the ovary; filaments dilated at the base, terete above, papillose.

Capsules with 2-fid valves, 3-6.5 mm across; seeds comma-shaped, laterally compressed, ridged, dark-brown to black.

Image source: fig. 113a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NU. Conservation status: native Flowering time: throughout the year.

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