- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 8:1181,Fig.9 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, dense & compact, pungent shrub, 0.3-0.8 m high. Fl. yellow & red, Apr to May. Sandy lateritic soils. Plains, breakaways, hills.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, spiny at least in part, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-12 mm long, 3-5 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 5.5-8 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 2-4 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-10 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8-8.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-8 mm long, not auriculate, keel 6-8.5 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.3-0.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short), 7-9 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 10-10.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 14-15 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in April and May. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains.
- IBRA Subregions
- Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Carnamah, Coorow, Dandaragan.