- Reference
- Endl., Fenzl, Benth. & Schott, Enum.Pl. 36 (1837)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or straggly & spreading shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. yellow & brown/red, Jul to Nov. Usually on sandy soils.
Scientific Description
Erect or prostrate,spreading or scrambling, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, alternate, not continuous with stem, 10-27 mm long, 1.5-4 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 4-4.2 mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 6-10 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 6.4-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy or glabrous, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 10-15 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or brown, with some yellow, red or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 9-14 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 8-12 mm long, not auriculate, keel 9.5-12 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.9-1 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 7-11.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 10-11 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 July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Warren, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Bayswater, Beverley, Boyup Brook, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Bunbury, Busselton, Canning, Capel, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Chittering, Cockburn, Collie, Coorow, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Dandaragan, Dardanup, Donnybrook-Balingup, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Gosnells, Harvey, Irwin, Joondalup, Kalamunda, Katanning, Kellerberrin, Kojonup, Kwinana, Mandurah, Melville, Moora, Mundaring, Murray, Narrogin, Nedlands, Northam, Northampton, Perth, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, South Perth, Stirling, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, York.