- Conservation Code
- Priority Three
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
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, not continuous with stem, 2-5 mm long, 1.7-2.5 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 7-7.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles 1 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 4.5-5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-9.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 8.3 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.6-7 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5.5-7 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, hairy at least in part. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 4.5-5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 5.5-5.6 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, not beaked. Flowers in March, May, July and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Yalgoo, Coolgardie and Avon Wheatbelt IBRA regions. Conservation Code Priority Three (P3).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Yalgoo.
- IBRA Subregions
- Merredin, Southern Cross, Tallering.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Perenjori, Yilgarn.