- Reference
- Trans.& Proc.Roy.Soc.South Australia 51:384 (1927)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Slender, erect or ascending perennial, herb, to 0.25 m high. Fl. yellow, Jul.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-70 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-20 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.8-2 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 11-12 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-5.3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 9.5-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5-1.3 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.7-2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 4.8-5.6 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July. Occurs in the Great Sandy Desert (GSD) and Ord-Victoria Plains (OVP) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) and Eremaean (E) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Central Ranges, Great Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Hart, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, McLarty, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Halls Creek, Ngaanyatjarraku.