 One population is in a nature reserve, but others are threatened because they occur on road verges or railway reserves.Elizabeth Berndt records that "closer inspection [of the flowers] reveals many 'dewy' centred flowers dripping with pools of nectar" however it has been shown that the anthers of this species have glands almost as large as the pollen-bearing locelli.These glands are surrounded by cells that produce a polyphenol and that the oil is released at the same time as the pollen.