- Reference
- Nuytsia 20:144-146, Fig. 23 (2010)
- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Compact, mat-forming, prostrate shrub, to 0.3 m high. Fl. yellow/orange/red, Oct to Nov. Light brown sandy clay, shallow sandy loam, red clay over banded ironstone, gravel. Gently undulating plains.
Scientific Description
Twining or climbing plants, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, spiny at least in part, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, not continuous with stem, 1.7-4.5 mm long, 0.6-1 mm wide, glabrous, terete; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves or present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 1.2-4.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.3-2.5 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 3.5-4.2 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 5.5-7 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 4.5-5.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4.5-5.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4.2-6 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 1.8-5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 2.5-3.6 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, hairy, with simple hairs, not beaked. Flowers in October and November. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Kondinin, Lake Grace, Ravensthorpe.