- Reference
- Telopea 3: 557-558 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to ascending herb. Fl. yellow, Jan to Jul. Gravelly sand, laterite, alluvium. Sandstone outcrops & plateaus, rocky hills, near creeks.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-60 mm long, 2-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, glandular hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-5 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 7.5-11 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 2-2.8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-1.4 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 2.5-3 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June and July. Occurs in the Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Mitchell, Mount Eliza.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.