- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 8:1175,Fig.5 (1995)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.5-2 m high. Fl. orange & red/brown, Sep. Gravelly sandy soils on laterite. Undulating plains.
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, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 25-65 mm long, 6-12 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, 2-4 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 6.5-9 mm long, uniformly coloured, orange, mostly red or brown, with some red or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 5.5-7 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.8-6 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5.5-6 mm long, beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.7-0.8 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.2-6.2 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, glabrous; style 6-7.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, beaked. Flowers in September. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Katanning, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Dumbleyung, Kent, Kulin, Lake Grace, Wickepin.