- Reference
- Nuytsia 3:426-429 (1981)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Multi-stemmed, lignotuberous shrub, 0.4-1 m high. Fl. yellow-brown/orange-brown-red, Mar to Sep. White, grey or yellow sand, lateritic gravel.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1.5 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 25-100 mm long, 1.5-2.5 mm wide, glabrous; petiole 0 mm long; lamina flat, entire, the margins revolute. Inflorescences tomentose (with matted or tangled, soft, woolly hairs), yellow or orange, hairy. Perianth 35-37 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 37-49 mm long, hooked, style glabrous. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 25-35 mm long. Flowers in March, April, May, June, July, August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin.