- Reference
- Bothalia 22:168 (1992)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect annual, herb, 0.3-0.5 m high. Fl. pink-red/brown-orange, Apr to May. Heavy soils.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 25-35 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 1(-9), pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Pedicel present, 1 mm long, hairy. Calyx 3-4 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6-6.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly pink or red, with some pink or red spots, streaks or blotches; standard 5-5.3 mm long, glabrous. Stamens ten. Fruit 30-40 mm long, 3 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs. Flowers in April and May. Occurs in the Northern and Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Pilbara, Northern Kimberley, Victoria Bonaparte, Central Kimberley and Ord-Victorian-Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Pilbara, Tanami, Victoria Bonaparte.
- IBRA Subregions
- Berkeley, Chichester, Hamersley, Hart, Keep, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Pentecost, Purnululu, Roebourne, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Ashburton, Derby-West Kimberley, East Pilbara, Halls Creek, Karratha, Port Hedland, Wyndham-East Kimberley.