- Reference
- Nuytsia 13:368-369,Fig.1 (2000)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Annual, herb, to 0.15 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Oct. Red crumbly clay, greenstone gravel and cobbles. Lower slopes, moderately exposed gently undulating plain, roadsides.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 25-35 mm long, 5-6 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins lobed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-45 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 10-11 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3-4 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4.5-6 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.4-0.6 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.8-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie.
- IBRA Subregions
- Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Yilgarn.