- Reference
- Bull.Soc.Imp.Naturalistes Moscou 26 (1):254 (1853)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, slender shrub, 0.3-1 m high. Fl. orange-pink/orange-red-yellow, Sep to Nov. Sandy & stony soils. Coastal areas.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 20-60 mm long, 6-20 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Pedicel present, 2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent or present but early deciduous, 1 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 7.5-9.4 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 13-14 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, pink, red or orange, with some yellow, pink, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 10-11 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9.8-10 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.7-0.9 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.2-6.6 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 5.5-6 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 20 mm long, 6 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Recherche.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.