- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 2:16-17 (1860)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, spreading or prostrate herb, to 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Red sand, clay. Saline flats & depressions.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 15-80 mm long, 3-7 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 4-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-4 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 15-16 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 8-8.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9.5-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1-2.2 mm wide on the narrower side, 2-3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-5.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Carnarvon (CAR), Gascoyne (GAS) and Geraldton Sandplains (GS) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Geraldton Sandplains, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Geraldton Hills, Hamersley, Lesueur Sandplain, Tallering, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnamah, Carnarvon, Exmouth, Irwin, Meekatharra, Murchison, Northampton, Shark Bay, Yalgoo.