- Reference
- Phytotaxa 300:161-163, Fig. 70 (2017)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Shrub, ca 1 m high. Fl. yellow & red, Jul. Gravelly clay loam.
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, continuous with stem, 5-17 mm long, 1.5-4 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, 1-2 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 2.5-4 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 4-4.2 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, with some red spots, streaks or blotches, glabrous. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 7(-11) mm long, 6-7 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in July. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Morawa.