- Reference
- Brunonia 9:15-17 (1987)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Virgate, ascending perennial, herb or shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high. Fl. white-cream-yellow-orange, May or Jul to Oct. Red sand, sandy loam. Sandplains, edges of lateritic breakaways, stony creek beds.
Scientific Description
Stems ribbed. Leaves flat, 5-25 mm long, 1.5-3 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 7-10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 2.5-4 mm long, glabrous. Corolla orange, 18-22 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, hairy on the inside; central lobes 8-10 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 10-13 mm long, wings present on both sides, 1-1.3 mm wide. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 7-10 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in May, June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the Great Victoria Desert (GVD), Central Ranges (CR), Gibson Desert (GD) and Great Sandy Desert (GSD) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dune Field, Lateritic Plain, Mackay, Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara, Laverton, Ngaanyatjarraku.