- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Herb or shrub, 0.05-0.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan. Grey sandy clay, dark brown humous loam, peat, gravel, granite, laterite. Outcrops, edges of swamps, creek banks, flats.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-40 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-45 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.2-3 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-12 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-4.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5-6 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.2-2 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5.5-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, October, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Cranbrook, Denmark, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Manjimup, Plantagenet.