- Reference
- Telopea 3: 530-531 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to decumbent perennial, herb. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-45 mm long, 6-12 mm wide, Indumentum hairy, with dense; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 5-7.5 mm long, Indumentum hairy, Hair type with present hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-20 mm long, hairy, Hair type with absent hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3.5-5.5 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 14-27 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 5-11 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8-14 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.7-2.7 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-6.5 mm long, hairy; indusia three, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Coorow, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Westonia, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.