- Reference
- Index Kew. 1 (1895)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, open, lignotuberous shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. green-yellow, Aug to Oct. White or grey sand.
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.20-0.40 m high; branchlets hairy. Leaves petiolate, alternate, 20-45 mm long, 2.5-5 mm wide, glabrous; petiole 1-3 mm long; lamina flat, once divided, divided only at the apex, entire or shallowly divided, with 2-3 lobes on each side, the margins flat. Inflorescences pubescent (with soft, straight, erect hairs), yellow; innermost bracts 15-17 mm long, hairy. Perianth 23-27 mm long, hairy, all over, limb apex hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), without awns; pistil 33-38 mm long, straight or curved, style hairy. Follicles hairy, hirsute (with long, rough and coarse hairs), elliptic, 11-15 mm long. Flowers in August or September. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Geraldton Sandplains (GS) or Swan Coastal Plain (SWA) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Perth.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan, Irwin, Three Springs.