- Reference
- J.Adelaide Bot.Gard. 10:131 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate or erect, pungent shrub, 0.07-1.2(-2) m high, inflorescences basal. Fl. red, May to Sep. Mostly sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling. Stems spiny at least in part, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades absent or apparently so (reduced to scales), glabrous, flat with flat margins, 0.5-1.5. Pedicel present, 2-15 mm long, hairy. Calyx 20-25 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla uniformly coloured, red; claws present; standard 9-10 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, not auriculate, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base). Flowers in May and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Murchison, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee, Murchison, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Eastern Murchison, Edel, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Merredin, Recherche, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Narembeen, Northampton, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Shark Bay, Tammin, Westonia, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn.