- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:76 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to ascending perennial, herb, (0.04-)0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. yellow, Jun or Aug to Dec. Sandy soils, rocky clay. Sandplains, granite outcrops.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 30-65 mm long, 1.2-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 8-25 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2-3 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 13-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4.5-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-12 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.7-2.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-2.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-6 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Coolgardie (COO), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Nullarbor.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Mardabilla, Nullarbor Plain, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- Eucla.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Coolgardie, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Lake Grace, Menzies, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.