- Reference
- Telopea 6:101-102 (1994)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-2.8 m high. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec or Jan to Feb. Yellow sand or sandy loam, often over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 20-30 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex acute. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 3-5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9-11 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage absent; ovary glabrous; pistil 9-10 mm long. Flowers in January, February or November. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe, Yilgarn.