- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:644-645 (2002)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, bushy shrub, to 2 m high. Fl. orange & red, Aug to Oct. Sandy soils. Undulating dunes and around rivers.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, not continuous with stem, 16-48 mm long, 2-6 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with recurved margins or revolute; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2-2.2 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 1.5-3 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 5.5-6 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 8-15 mm long, multicoloured, mostly red or orange, with some red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws absent; standard 7-14 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7-11.2 mm long, not auriculate, keel 7-9.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.8-1.1 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5-10.2 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 7.5-11.5 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 12-15 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Esperance, Jerramungup, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.