- Reference
- J.Proc.Mueller Bot.Soc.Western Australia 1(10) (1902)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Four
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-2.4 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, May to Nov. Gravelly soils over granite. Rocky hillsides.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-2 m high; branchlets hairy, not glaucous. Leaves alternate, 25-60 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, hairy, on the adaxial surface, the hairs straight; lamina flat, widest around the middle, entire, the margins flat. Inflorescences terminal, yellow or orange; pedicels 2-4 mm long. Perianth 6-8 mm long; tepals some joined and some free after flower opens, hairy, simple-hairy; ovary hairy, stipitate, the stipe 1.5-2 mm long; pistil 5-8 mm long, yellow or red, pollen presenter lateral, style hairy. Follicles glabrous or hairy, not viscid, dehiscent, 15 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Four (P4).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Beverley, Denmark, Kalamunda, Mundaring, Northam, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, South Perth, Swan, Wandering.