- Reference
- Engl., Pflanzenr. 277(Heft 54):75 (1912)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb, 0.2-0.5 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr or Sep to Nov. Yellow or red sand. Sand dunes, rocky hillsides.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 5-30 mm long, 1-3 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, glandular hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 3.5-5.5 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-2.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 7-9 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2-3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 3.5-4.5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.2-0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.5-0.8 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in April, September, October and November. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Central Ranges (CR) and Gibson Desert (GD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison.
- IBRA Subregions
- Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Shield.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku.