- Reference
- Telopea 3:556 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to sprawling herb, 0.03-0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan to Dec (mainly Apr-Jul). Red sand or loam.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-45 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-10 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4.5-6.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 17-22 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 4-5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 8.5-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1-1.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1.2-1.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 8.5-11 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Dampier land (DL) and Victoria Bonaparte (VB) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pindanland.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.