- Reference
- Bot.Centralbl. 53:268 (1893)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or virgate shrub, 0.3-1(-1.5) m high. Fl. white/yellow, May to Jun or Oct to Dec or Jan to Feb. Red or yellow sand. Sandplains & sand dunes.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed or flat, 6-15 mm long, 0.5-3 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 1-2 mm long, glabrous. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 6-9 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4-5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla white or yellow, 10-12 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 5-7.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-9 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.4-0.9 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-7 mm long, hairy; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD) and Coolgardie (COO) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Shield, Southern Cross.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Menzies, Sandstone, Yilgarn.