- Reference
- Muelleria 28(1):60, Figs 1i; 2g; 2h (2010)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades absent or apparently so (reduced to scales), alternate, continuous with stem, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, 1-1.5; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, without glands, ribless. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.2 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 3-4.2 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6-7 mm long, multicoloured, mostly brown, purple or cream, with some brown, purple or cream spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6-6.7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.5-6.5 mm long, auriculate, keel 5.5-6 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 4-6 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 6-7 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 20-24 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, glabrous. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Murchison and Nullarbor IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Nullarbor.
- IBRA Subregions
- Carlisle, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Nullarbor Plain, Shield.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Leonora, Menzies, Wiluna, Yalgoo.