- Reference
- Fragm. (Mueller) 10:12-13 (1876)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate perennial, herb, 0.01-0.15 m high. Fl. yellow, Apr or Jun to Nov. Red or yellow sand. Sandplains.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 20-60 mm long, 5-7 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense or sparse, simple hairs; margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-2.5 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 15-30 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 4-6 mm long, hairy, with dense, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 18-20 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with sparse, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 7.5-9 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 11-13 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1.2-1.7 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 6.5-10.5 mm long, hairy; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Yalgoo (YAL), Murchison (MUR), Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Coolgardie (COO), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Ranges (CR), Gibson Desert (GD) and Avon Wheatbelt (AW) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) and South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Gibson Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Lateritic Plain, Mann-Musgrave Block, Maralinga, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Coolgardie, Greater Geraldton, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Menzies, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Ngaanyatjarraku, Westonia, Yilgarn.