- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:691 (2002)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, arborescent shrub, to 3 m high. Fl. orange&red, Oct. Skeletal soils. Mountain slopes and summits.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, continuous with stem, 25-70 mm long, 15-40 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 7-10 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 4-7.2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 12-14 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 15-17 mm long, multicoloured, mostly red or orange, with some red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 11.5-15.2 mm long, glabrous, auriculate, wings 14-15 mm long, auriculate, keel 14-15 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1-1.2 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 14-16 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 15-16 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 10 mm long, 8 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Corrigin, Gnowangerup, Plantagenet.