- Reference
- Prodr. Suppl. 13 (1830)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, often spreading, lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.7 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec. Sand or loam to clay, often with gravel, laterite.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.5-0.7 m high; branchlets hairy, not ribbed. Leaves alternate, 10-35 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, glabrous; lamina flat, more or less the same width throughout, entire, scabrous, the margins flat; apex pungent. Inflorescences yellow; pedicels 5-6 mm long, hairy. Perianth 9-11 mm long, radially symmetrical, glabrous; anther appendage present, 1.4-2.5 mm long; ovary glabrous; pistil 8-8.5 mm long. Flowers in October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, West Arthur, Williams.