- Reference
- A.DC., Prodr. 14.333 (1856)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, often spreading shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. yellow, Sep to Dec or Jan. White, grey or yellow sand, often over laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-1 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 20-35 mm long, 0.8 mm wide, hairy; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins revolute; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 2-5 mm long, hairy. Perianth 12-13 mm long, radially symmetrical, hairy, the hairs appressed; anther appendage present, 1.1-1.5 mm long; ovary hairy; pistil 10-12 mm long. Flowers in January, September, October, November or December. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) or Jarrah Forest (JF) IBRA subregion(s). : Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Lesueur Sandplain, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Gingin, Irwin, Swan, Three Springs, Victoria Plains.