- Reference
- Telopea 3: 554-555 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate annual, herb, 0.01-0.05 m high. Fl. yellow, Mar to Sep. Red sandy & clayey soils. Flats.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-45 mm long, 2-20 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-40 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-4 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 13-24 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-11 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-12 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.2-4.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.5-5 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4.5-6.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Murchison (MUR), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Roebourne, Rudall, Trainor, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Karratha, Meekatharra, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.