- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:645-646 (2002)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, bushy shrub, 0.4-1.5 m high. Fl. orange&red&pink, Aug to Oct. Sand or sandy loam, granite. Near rivers, on undulating dunes, around rock outcrops.
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, 20-60 mm long, 3-10 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins or flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 3-4 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 4-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 8.5-13 mm long, multicoloured, mostly pink, red or orange, with some pink, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8-12 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7-10.5 mm long, auriculate, keel 6.5-11 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.5-0.9 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.3-10.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 5.5-12.2 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 August, September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Dundas, Esperance, Kent, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.