- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:41 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Hemispherical, ascending, much-branched shrub, 0.15-0.4 m high. Fl. green-yellow, Sep to Dec. Sand or sandy gravel. Near river banks or swamps.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 5-7 mm long, 0.5-0.7 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile), glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 6-7 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 15-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside, without wings, wingless. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 10-20 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, glabrous; ovules more than two. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the Mallee (MAL) and Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province. Conservation Code: Conservation code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Jerramungup, Kent, Ravensthorpe.