- Reference
- Kew Bull. 38:11-12 (1983)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, to 2.5 m high. Fl. orange & red, Apr to Sep. Sandy gravelly or rocky soils. Dry watercourses, mountain slopes.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite or alternate, continuous with stem, 25-50 mm long, 7-14 mm wide, hairy or glabrous, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 3.3 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 4-7 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 7-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 13-15.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly red or orange, with some red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 13-13.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 12-12.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 11-13.5 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 1-1.6 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short), 12-14 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 11-14 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, bearded (with a tuft of hairs at apex), terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in April, May, June, July, August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Great Victorian Desert and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Ranges, Great Victoria Desert.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mann-Musgrave Block, Shield.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Menzies, Ngaanyatjarraku.