- Reference
- Telopea 6:150-152 (1994)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading shrub, (0.6-)1-5 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Dec. Yellow sand or sandy loam, sometimes with gravel. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 1-5 m high; branchlets glabrous, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 50-130 mm long, 3-7 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex acute. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 6-9 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9-15 mm long, irregular, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 0.5-1 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 5-6 mm long. Flowers in July, August, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Murchison (MUR), Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Murchison, Edel, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Cue, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Gingin, Greater Geraldton, Koorda, Moora, Northampton, Perenjori, Shark Bay, Wongan-Ballidu.