- Reference
- Bull.Soc.Imp.Naturalistes Moscou 26(1):254 (1853)
- Conservation Code
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Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Sprawling, prostrate or decumbent shrub. Fl. yellow & red/brown, Jul to Sep. Sandy clay or loam. Plains.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, 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, 5-15 mm long, 3-8 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules 1-1.1 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent or present but early deciduous, 1.5 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 4.5-6.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-11 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or brown, with some yellow, red or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 10.5-10.9 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 8-10 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9-9.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.6-0.7 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5-7 mm long. Ovary hairy or glandular; style 6-7 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 July, August and September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions. Conservation Code Threatened (T).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dowerin, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Moora, Perenjori.