- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:642-643 (2002)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.5-2.5 m high. Fl. orange/yellow/orange/red, Sep to Dec or Jan to Feb. Gravelly sand or sandy loam over laterite, quartz or limestone. Undulating plains, hillsides or mountain slopes.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, continuous with stem, 15-50 mm long, 15-50 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2-4.5 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 2.5-5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 6-7.5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10.6-13 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or orange, with some yellow or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 9-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 8-11 mm long, auriculate, keel 9-10 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.8-1 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 7-9.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 8.3-12.5 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 September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.