- Reference
- Telopea 3: 537-538 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending annual, herb, 0.1-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct. Red sandy loam. Along watercourses.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-360 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 2.5-4 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 9-12 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4.2-5.7 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-18 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-6.3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-9 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-2.7 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-9 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL) and Murchison (MUR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Gascoyne, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Hamersley, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Northampton, Upper Gascoyne, Yalgoo.