- Reference
- Austrobaileya 4:546-547 (1997)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, 0.3-0.6(-1) m high. Fl. yellow. Sandy soils over sandstone or granite. Rocky sandstone platform.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-50 mm long, 8-30 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate or serrate; hairy, with Simple hairs (without tubercle bases), with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles present, abundantly covering the fruit; terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Central Kimberley and Ord-Victorian-Plain.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Hart, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.