- Reference
- Telopea 3: 546 (1990)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Decumbent to ascending perennial, herb. Fl. yellow, Nov. On sandy island in salt lake.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-65 mm long, 1-2.8 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3-5 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow or brown, 5-10 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-3.2 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-6 mm long, wing present on one side only, 1-1.1 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in November. Occurs in the Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Lake Grace.