- Reference
- Prodr. 578 (1810)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to ascending, slender perennial, herb, 0.1-0.25 m high, leaves linear-terete, entire, c. 1 mm wide; sepals ovate, 1.5-2 mm long; indusium c. 0.7 mm long. Fl. yellow, Nov to Dec or Jan. Sandy soils. Winter-wet depressions.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves compressed, 20-60 mm long, 0.3-0.5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 25-55 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.3-2 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 8-10 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3-5.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 4-5.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.7-1.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1-1.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary rarely inferior, not gibbose; style 4-5.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules rarely more than two. Flowers in January and November. Occurs in the Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Jarrah Forest (JF), Warren (WAR) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Manjimup, Plantagenet.