- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:568-569,Fig.2 (2002)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Climber (with trailing stems). Fl. cream-green, Jun. Sand. On sand plain in open woodland.
Scientific Description
Twining or climbing plants. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 25-35 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present but early deciduous ( only visible on youngest leaves ). Bracteoles present and persistent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly green or white, with some green or white spots, streaks or blotches. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in June. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Central Kimberley and Ord-Victorian-Plain IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Pentecost, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek.