Muelleranthus obovatus I.Thomps.

Scientific Description

Prostrate,spreading or scrambling. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-25 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, palmately arranged, terminal leaflet present, sessile; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2-3 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 1.5-2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 3 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6-7 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or brown, with some yellow or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 5.5-6 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4-4.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6-6.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short), 4.5-5.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 5-6 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit 15-20 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, stipitate, glabrous. Flowers in March, April, May, June, August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Carnarvon, Gascoyne and Murchison IBRA regions.