Latrobea hirtella (Turcz.) Benth.

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, 5.5-12 mm long, 1-1.5 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, revolute; tubercles absent; pustules or glands present. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 1-3.6 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 6.5-7.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-11 mm long, uniformly coloured or multicoloured, yellow, mostly yellow, red or purple, with some yellow, red or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 7.5-8 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-7.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 8-9 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.5-0.8 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5-8 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 6-6.5 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Esperance IBRA regions.