- Reference
- Austral.Syst.Bot. 15:681-682 (2002)
- Conservation Code
- Priority One
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Tall shrub, to 2.5 m high. Fl. yellow&orange&red, Sep to Oct. Yellow or brown sandy loam, red laterite soils. Steep gullies, slopes, ridges, breakaways.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems angular, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite or whorled, not continuous with stem, 20-50 mm long, 12-25 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 4.5-5.7 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 1.7-2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 5-5.2 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-10.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 9.5-10 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 7.5-8 mm long, not auriculate, keel 8-9 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.7 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5.5-8.5 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile, hairy or glandular; style 8.7-10 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 and November. Conservation Code Priority One (P1).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Jarrah Forest.
- IBRA Subregions
- Northern Jarrah Forest.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chittering.