- Reference
- J.Western Australia Nat.Hist.Soc. 2(1):25-26 (1904)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate or decumbent herb. Fl. yellow, Jun to Oct. Loam, clayey sand. Margins of salt lakes.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 25-35 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, Indumentum present, with sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 7-12 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3-5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 14-17 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 8-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 1.8 mm wide on the narrower side, 2.2 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5-5.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Murchison (MUR), Gascoyne (GAS), Great Sandy Desert (GSD) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Carlisle, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Trainor, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara, Laverton, Leonora, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Wiluna.