- Reference
- Bull.Soc.Imp.Naturalistes Moscou 26 (1):251 (1853)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate to decumbent perennial, herb or shrub. Fl. yellow/orange & red, Sep to Oct. Sand, sandy clay. Winter-wet depressions, near salt lakes.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like) or herb. Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 25-40 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 9-10 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1-1.2 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 6.3-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10.5-17 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws absent; standard 10-14 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 9.6-13 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9.5-11 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1.3-1.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 6-7.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 10.5-13 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Coorow, Corrigin, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gingin, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Merredin, Moora, Mount Marshall, Northam, Nungarin, Quairading, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.