- Reference
- Telopea 3: 544-545 (1990)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Ascending to erect herb, to 0.5 m high. Fl. yellow, May to Aug. Red sandy soils. Basaltic plains.
Scientific Description
Stems unribbed. Leaves flat, 60-100 mm long, 7-13 mm wide, Indumentum present, with dense, simple hairs; margins entire or toothed. Bracteoles absent. Pedicel pedicellate, Pedicel length the pedicels 10-25 mm long, Indumentum present, Hair type with simple hairs. Calyx lobes present, Calyx length 3 mm long, hairy, with sparse, simple hairs. Corolla yellow, 13 mm long, auriculate, not spurred, hairy on the outside, with dense, simple hairs, glabrous on the inside; central lobes 3 mm long, with wings; outer lobes 5 mm long, wings present on both sides, 0.3 mm wide on the narrower side, 1 mm wide on the broader side. Anthers free. Ovary inferior, not gibbose; style 3.5-4 mm long, glabrous; indusium single, hairy; ovules more than two. Flowers in May, June, July and August. Occurs in the Pilbara (PIL) and Carnarvon (CAR) IBRA Region(s), of the Eremaean (E) Botanical Province.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Pilbara.
- IBRA Subregions
- Augustus, Cape Range, Chichester, Fortescue, Hamersley, Roebourne.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, East Pilbara, Karratha, Meekatharra.