- Reference
- Nuytsia 12(2):236-238 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate, woody shrub (subshrub), 0.02-0.1 m high, largest leaves 23-43 x 5-13 mm, entire or sometimes with 2 lobes near the apex. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec. Loamy clay or sand. Open mallee shrublands.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 10-50 mm long, 2-10 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 1-3 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-5.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 15-18 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4-6.2 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9-11 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.7-1.3 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dumbleyung, Esperance, Jerramungup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.