- Reference
- Telopea 2:66 (1980)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate annual, herb, stems to 80 cm long. Fl. yellow, May to Sep. Red sandy, often stony soils.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 8-75 mm long, 5-20 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous) or present, with dense, dendritic hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2.5-4 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 12-15 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 12-16 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy or glabrous on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-10.5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-1.7 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6.5-7.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS), Gibson Desert (GD) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carnegie, Central, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Laverton, Meekatharra, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.