- Reference
- Fragm. 3:7 (1862)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect slender or spreading shrub, 0.3-1.8 m high. Fl. yellow, Jan or May to Aug. Stony or red clay, sandy soils. Stony creek beds, flat rocky areas, rocky hillsides.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 20-120 mm long, 12-60 mm wide, not lobed; margins serrate; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Perianth clearly of two whorls (calyx and corolla), the corolla obvious and prominent. Pedicel present, 9-10 mm long; indumentum present, with stellate hairs present, with scales absent. Epicalyx (extra segments or 'bracteoles' immediately below the calyx) absent. Calyx 15-20 mm long, the lobes fused less than half their length, Sessile glands absent, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent, Terminal appendages present, number of ribs absent. Corolla yellow, 11-12 mm long, glabrous. Indumentum (outside) Sessile glands absent. Stamens many, free and inserted at the base of the ovary; filaments present, 6.7-8 mm long; anthers 1.3 mm long, indumentum absent (anthers glabrous). Staminodes absent, appendages absent. Ovary hairs or scales present, simple hairs present, stellate hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent; style 1, with a lobed or capitate stigma, 15-17 mm long, with one style branches or lobes, mostly glabrous, wing absent. Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) present, stellate hairs absent, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles present, abundantly covering the fruit; terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit. Flowering time January, May, June, July or August. Distribution Botanical Province Northern or Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Pilbara and Dampierland.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Pindanland, Roebourne.
- IMCRA Regions
- Pilbara (nearshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, East Pilbara, Karratha, Port Hedland.