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Eutaxia empetrifolia Schltdl.

Reference
Linnaea 20:667 (1847)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Scientific Description

Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, not spiny, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, not continuous with stem, 2.5-7 mm long, 1-1.8 mm wide, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves or present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 0.5-2.7 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 1.5-2.5 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 5.5-8 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow or red, with some yellow or red spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 5-7.2 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 4.5-6.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4.8-6.2 mm long, not beaked, not 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), 3.7-5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 2.3-4 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 April, September, October and November. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 24 October 2023

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Broomehill-Tambellup, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kojonup, Lake Grace, Narrogin, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin, Williams, Woodanilling.