- Reference
- Encycl. 2:104-105 (1786)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Procumbent perennial, herb or shrub, ca 0.1 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr to May. Swamps, river banks, cracking clay plains.
Scientific Description
Herb or shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 9-25 mm long, 3-6 mm wide, not lobed; margins crenate or serrate; hairy, with stellate hairs; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves), 1.5-2.5 mm long. Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 0.2-1 mm long. Calyx cream or white. Corolla 2 mm long. Flowering time April or May. Distribution Botanical Province Northern, IBRA Bioregion Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley, Dampierland and Ord-Victorian-Plain.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Dampierland, Ord Victoria Plain, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, Keep, Pindanland, Purnululu.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek, Wyndham-East Kimberley.