''Macarthuria australis'' is an erect or spreading, wiry shrub, in the family

Macarthuriaceae Macarthuriaceae is a family of plants in the order Caryophyllales and consists of a single genus, ''Macarthuria''. Description Macarthuriaceae are rigid or wiry, rush-like herbs or subshrubs with green stems and reduced leaves. The small flowers ...

endemic to

Western Australia Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...

. It grows from 0.15-0.75 m high and has white/white-cream flowers, and may be seen in flower from May to February although mainly from August to September. It grows on sand and laterite, on coastal sandplains, sandhills, and roadsides.

Ecology

The seeds are dispersed by ants.

References

{{taxonbar, from=Q17248167 Flora of Western Australia Plants described in 1837 Taxa named by Stephan Endlicher Taxa named by Charles von Hügel Caryophyllales