- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:227 (1848)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, slender, scented shrub, 0.2-2 m high. Fl. brown & yellow/green, Jul to Oct. Peaty sand. Winter-wet swamps,.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves opposite, simple or compound, 8-18 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 5-10 mm long, 1 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 5-6 mm long; calyx present, 3-3.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla yellow, green or brown, petals four, 7-10 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals, smooth, glabrous, with an appendage. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest, Warren and Esperance IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Busselton, Capel, Collie, Cranbrook, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Harvey, Manjimup, Nannup, Plantagenet, West Arthur.