- Reference
- Webbia 16:65-67 (1961)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect perennial, herb, to 0.3 m high. Fl. white/yellow, Mar to Jun. Sandy soils. Flats, dunes.
Scientific Description
Erect, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 25-40 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, terminal leaflet absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 5-8 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel absent (flowers sessile). Bracteoles absent. Calyx 3-3.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 4-5 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow; claws present; standard 3-3.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate. Stamens ten. Fruit constricted between the seeds. Flowers in March, April, May and June. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Pilbara, Carnarvon, Little Sandy Desert, Great Victorian Desert, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley, Ord-Victorian-Plain and Dampierland IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Cape Range, Chichester, Fitzroy Trough, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mackay, McLarty, Mitchell, Pentecost, Pindanland, Roebourne, Rudall, South Kimberley Interzone.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.