- Reference
- J.& Proc.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 3:153 (1918)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1(-1.5) m high, with sericeous indumentum & elliptic leaves. Fl. orange-red, Mar or May to Jun or Aug to Sep. Loam, red sand, gravelly soils. Creeklines, sandhills.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 40-90 mm long, 20-40 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Bracteoles present and persistent. Corolla multicoloured, mostly red or orange, with some red or orange spots, streaks or blotches. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 60-65 mm long, 5 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in March, May, June, August and September. Occurs in the Northern Botanical Province, in the Northern Kimberley and Central Kimberley IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mitchell, Pentecost.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Derby-West Kimberley, Wyndham-East Kimberley.