- Reference
- Mém.Mus.Hist.Nat. 12:540 (1825)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub or tree, 1-4 m high. Fl. yellow/white, Dec or Jan or Apr. Sand, limestone or basalt. Rocky situations, sand dunes.
Scientific Description
Shrub, spines present; branchlets smooth, without distinct raised glands, +/- cylindrical in cross-section, covered in hairs or scales, the hairs stellate (star-shaped). Leaves alternate, compound, 80-90 mm long, with 3 leaflets, each 30-50 mm long, 17-25 mm wide, flat, the margins flat, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; stipular excrescences absent. Flowers; calyx present, 0.5 mm long, smooth, without distinct raised glands, glabrous; corolla pink or yellow, petals four, 5 mm long, imbricate (overlapping), free, glabrous; stamens twice as many as petals. Flowers in January, April and December. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the North Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley and Dampierland IBRA region(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost.
- IMCRA Regions
- Kimberley.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.