- Reference
- Telopea 2:65 (1980)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to prostrate, diffuse annual, herb. Fl. yellow, Jul to Oct. Sandy or clay stony soils. Often creek beds.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-75 mm long, 2-15 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles present, 3.5-4.8 mm long, hairy, with glandular hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 5-15 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 7-12 mm long, hairy, with dense, glandular hairs. Corolla yellow, 12-17.5 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, glandular hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 4.5-12 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 10-12 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.5-3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 5.3-6 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL), Murchison (MUR), Gascoyne (GAS) and Little Sandy Desert(LSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Trainor, Western Murchison.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Meekatharra, Murchison, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.