- Reference
- Nuytsia 13(3):534-535 (2001)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Two
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual, herb, to 0.45 m high. Fl. yellow, Dec or Jan to Feb. Sand, sandstone. Flats, ridges, beside creeklines.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-25 mm long, 2-8 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 14-17 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-2.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 9-15 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, hairy on the inside; central lobes 3.2-4.3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3-7 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.2-0.4 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.5-1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4.5-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January and February. Occurs in the Northern Kimberly (NK) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Two (P2).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Mitchell.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.