- Reference
- Telopea 3: 547 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate annual, herb, flowers minute. Fl. brown/brown &yellow, Aug to Sep. Red loam or clay. Near water.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 7-18 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 0.8-1.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 0.4-0.7 mm long, glabrous. Corolla brown, 0.6-1 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside, without wings, wingless. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 0.2-0.6 mm long, rarely glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in August and September. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Carnarvon (CAR) and Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Geraldton Hills, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnarvon, Mount Magnet, Murchison, Northampton, Sandstone, Yalgoo.