- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 1:77 (1844)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading or prostrate shrub, 0.15-0.6 m high. Fl. yellow & red/purple, Aug to Oct. Sandy loam, stony loam. Undulating plains.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, whorled, not continuous with stem, 4-15 mm long, 4-5 mm wide, hairy, with gland-tipped hairs, flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands present. Stipules present but early deciduous ( only visible on youngest leaves ). Pedicel present, 2.5-3 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 2.8 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 7.5-10 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9.5-14.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or purple, with some yellow, red or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws absent; standard 9-11.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7-11 mm long, not auriculate, keel 8.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 9 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5.5-7.3 mm long. Ovary hairy or glandular; style 9.5-10 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 August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren and Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Denmark, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe.