- Reference
- Telopea 3: 529-530 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Decumbent perennial, herb, 0.05-0.2 m high, to 1 m wide. Fl. orange/yellow, Aug to Nov. Sand (often over laterite), sandy clay.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-90 mm long, 5-22 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, stellate hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 8-10 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 7-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 5-7 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 20-25 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, stellate hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 9-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 11-12 mm long, wings present on both sides, 2.5 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) and Mallee (MAL) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Boddington, Carnamah, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dandaragan, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kulin, Moora, Narembeen, Northam, Pingelly, Quairading, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wongan-Ballidu.