- Reference
- Prodr. 2:332 (1825)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual or biennial or perennial, herb or shrub, to 3 m high. Fl. pink-purple, Apr to May. Loams. Disturbed areas.
Scientific Description
Twining or climbing plants, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like) or herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 30-195 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, 8-12 mm long, without glands, ribbed. Pedicel present, 12-14 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2.5-2.7 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 4-5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly pink or purple, with some pink or purple spots, streaks or blotches. Stamens ten; filaments united in an open sheath with one free stamen. Fruit indehiscent and not splitting into sections, 17-22 mm long, 3-4 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in April and May. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley and Dampierland IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Indian Tropical Islands, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Keep, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Christmas Island, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.