- Reference
- Prodr. [A.P. de Candolle] 2:333 (1825)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Creeping herb, to 0.6 m high, with hooked hairs. Fl. white/pink/purple, Jul to Oct. Well-drained sandy loam. Open situations, behind coastal dunes, river levees.
Scientific Description
Twining or climbing plants, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 30-45 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2-3 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2-2.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 4-5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly pink or purple, with some pink or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws present. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Fruit indehiscent and not splitting into sections, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Pilbara and Victoria Bonaparte IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Keep, Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.