- Reference
- W.Austral.Naturalist 4:185 (1955)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Low, bushy shrub, to 1(-1.8) m high. Fl. orange&yellow&red, Jun to Sep. Clay, clay-loam or sandy clay soils, granite, shale. Hills, flats, drainage lines, winter-wet areas.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems angular, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, whorled, continuous with stem, 20-50 mm long, 5-15 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 1.8-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 3.5-4.3 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6-8.2 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present; standard 7-7.6 mm long, glabrous, auriculate, wings 5.5-5.7 mm long, auriculate, keel 5-5.5 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 3-4.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 4-6.2 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in June, July, August and September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chapman Valley, Greater Geraldton, Northampton.