- Reference
- Telopea 2:69-70 (1980)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate herb. Fl. yellow, Feb to Mar or Jun to Sep. Red sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 8-17 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-30 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 or cream, 15-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 6-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 7-11 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.8-3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6-7.5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in September. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Central Ranges (CR), Gascoyne (GAS) and Gibson Desert (GD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carnegie, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Rudall, Trainor.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.