- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 3:34 (1862)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or sprawling herb, 0.1-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow, Feb to Oct. Red or white sand, stony loam. Coastal plains, sand dunes, limestone ridges.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 25-65 mm long, 2-5 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 20-42 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with glandular hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy, with sparse, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 15-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3.5-6 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 6-10 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7.5-8 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Murchison (MUR), Carnarvon (CAR), Gibson Desert (GD), Great Sandy Desert (GSD), Little Sandy Desert(LSD), Dampier land (DL) and Tanami (TAN) IBRA Region(s), of the Northern (N) and Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, McLarty, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert, Trainor, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Ningaloo, Pilbara (nearshore), Pilbara (offshore).
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Carnarvon, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.