Growing to 4m, this species has four tiny teeth on the rim of the fruit capsule and long, narrow
leaves. It is a smooth-barked mallee occurring in a variety of habitats from the Pilbara in WA, across the arid regions of the NT to Mt Isa in Qld.
A 16-hectare botanic garden in Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia, specialising in plants native to the arid central Australian region.
The Garden has over 600 central Australian plant species, including 145 occurring naturally and 40 rare or threatened.
The Olive Pink Botanic Garden acknowledges the Arrernte people as traditional owners of the land we work and grow on.
