- Reference
- Fl.Australia 16:476 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to spreading shrub, 0.3-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. yellow, Aug to Oct. Grey/yellow sand with lateritic gravel. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, with curled hairs. Leaves alternate, 4-14 mm long, 0.8-1 mm wide, hairy; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex obtuse, 0.2-0.3 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, cream. Perianth 15-20 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 15-20 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 4.5-6 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 18-20 mm long. Flowers in August, September or October. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW) or Mallee (MAL) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Narembeen, Yilgarn.