- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, glabrous perennial, herb, 0.3-1.2 m high, leaves not fasciculate, linear to narrowly ovate, entire or dentate. Fl. yellow-white, Aug to Dec or Jan or Apr to May. Gravelly clay, sand or loam, granite, laterite, limestone, quartzite.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1.5-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4.5-7 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white, 12-17 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 5.5-8 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6.5-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.4-0.8 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-7.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, February, March, April, May, August and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Coolgardie, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narembeen, Narrogin, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Yilgarn, York.