- Reference
- Nuytsia 12:174-178,Fig.3 (1998)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect to sprawling shrub (or subshrub), 0.6-1.6 m high, keel petals with distinctive acuminate to rostrate apex. Fl. pink&cream, Sep to Dec. Sandy soils and clayey sand. Creeklines, seasonally wet swamps.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades absent or apparently so (reduced to scales), glabrous; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 1-2.7 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 5.6-7.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-12.5 mm long, uniformly coloured, pink; claws present; standard 7.5-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6.5-11 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9-12 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, hairy at least in part. Stamens ten; anthers 0.7 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 8.5-9.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 11-15.5 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, bearded (with a tuft of hairs at apex), terete. Flowers in September, October, November and December. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Jarrah Forest and Warren IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Denmark, Manjimup, Plantagenet.