Region: Australia.
English: Thorny lawrencia; Fan-leaved lawrencia.
BotanyShrub, herb; spiny; dioecious; 20 to 150 cm high.
Leaves: scaly; not lobed; 10 to 40 mm long, 5 to 20 mm wide; peltate scales.
Flowers: calyx present; corolla being yellow, white, red or purple; axillary; flowering from August to January; stamens many and united.
Habitat: on clayey soils, in fringing saltlakes, salty depressions.