- Reference
- Oliver et al., Fl.Trop.Afr. [Oliver et al.] 2:101 (1871)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 18-35 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 3-3.5 mm long, without glands, ribless. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Ovary sessile or subsessile. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 15-17 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Pilbara IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Karratha, Port Hedland.