- Reference
- Nuytsia 3:362 (1981)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 1-3 m high. Fl. yellow, Dec or Jan to Feb. Yellow or brown sand, clay loam over gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 100-160 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, hairy; petiole 15-28 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, once divided, pinnately divided, shallowly divided, teeth distinctly pointing towards the apex, with 11-15 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), yellow, hairy. Perianth 22-29 mm long, glabrous, without awns; pistil 30-35 mm long, curved, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, villous (with soft, shaggy, weak and straight hairs), elliptic, 10-18 mm long. Flowers in January, February or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dundas, Esperance, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Yilgarn.