- Reference
- Not.Fl.France 118-119 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate annual, herb. Fl. yellow, Aug to Dec. White, grey or black sand, limestone. Hills, sand dunes, road verges.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, herb. Stems terete or flattened, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-35 mm long, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire, leaflets 3, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked. Corolla uniformly coloured, yellow. Stamens ten. Fruit 7-9 mm long, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Merredin, Perth.
- IMCRA Regions
- Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Bunbury, Cockburn, Joondalup, Moora, Narembeen, Perth, South Perth.