- Reference
- Nuytsia 3:419 (1981)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Lignotuberous shrub, 1-4 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Jan to Jul or Oct. Lateritic gravel or sandy loam over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-3 m high; branchlets glabrous or hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 25-75 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy; petiole 2-3 mm long; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow, hairy. Perianth 25-28 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 35-43 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 8-17 mm long. Flowers in January, July, August, September or October. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Boyup Brook, Bruce Rock, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dumbleyung, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling, Yilgarn, York.