- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 4:79 (1868)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending perennial, herb, to 0.2 m high. Fl. yellow, Oct to Dec or Jan. Sandy, clay soils. Swampy areas.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 10-55 mm long, 1-5 mm wide, Indumentum absent (leaves glabrous); margins entire. Bracteoles present, 2-4 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 12-22 mm long, glabrous. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 1-1.2 mm long, glabrous. Corolla yellow, 8.5-10.5 mm long, without auricles, not spurred, glabrous on the outside, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 2-3.5 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 2.5-5 mm long, wing present on both sides and clearly unequal, 0.2-0.5 mm wide on the narrower side, 0.6-1.3 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3-5 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in January, October, November and December. Occurs in the Jarrah Forest (JF) and Warren (WAR) IBRA Region(s), of the South West (SW) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Beverley, Busselton, Capel, Cranbrook, Harvey, Manjimup, Murray, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Swan, Toodyay, Wandering, York.