- Reference
- Syst.Veg. 4:162 (1827)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub or tree, 1-5 m high. Fl. white/cream-yellow, Feb to Aug. Sandstone or basalt soils, sand. Gorges, screes, foreshore dunes.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines absent; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, glabrous. Leaves alternate, compound, 60-150 mm long, with 1-3 leaflets, each 45-125 mm long, 20-60 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; pedicels 0.5-1 mm long; calyx present, 0.6-1 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous except for a ciliate marginal fringe, the hairs stellate (star-shaped); corolla yellow or white or cream, 4-4.5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, hairy on the surfaces; stamens twice as many as petals, 2-3 mm long, smooth, hairy; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, without an appendage. Flowers in February, March, April, May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley and Dampierland IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Mitchell, Pindanland.
- IMCRA Regions
- Anson Beagle, Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.