Appearance
It is a prostrate plant with stems up to 1.5 metres long. Its leaves are green, from 3.5 to 9 centimetres long, and 9 to 17 millimetres wide. Flowers are from four to six centimetres in diameter, on a pedicel five to 15 millimetres long. They are composed of 250 to 300 stamens, surrounded by petal-like staminodes that are mostly purple, but white at the base.Distribution
Endemic to Western Australia, ''C. virescens'' occurs on coastal limestone cliffs and dunes from the western edge of the Great Australian Bight, west and north almost to Shark Bay. There is also an outlying collection from North West Cape.Habitat
Endemic to Western Australia, ''C. virescens'' occurs on coastal limestone cliffs and dunes from the western edge of the Great Australian Bight, west and north almost to Shark Bay. There is also an outlying collection from North West Cape.References:
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