- Reference
- Telopea 3: 565 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate or sprawling herb, stems to 50 cm long. Fl. yellow, Mar to Aug.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-60 mm long, 10-25 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-17 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-6 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-9 mm long, hairy; indusia three, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Victoria Bonaparte (VB), Northern Kimberly (NK) and Central Kimberly (CK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.