- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 2:82 (1864)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading shrub, 0.15-1 m high. Fl. yellow/orange & red, Jun to Oct. White or grey sand over laterite, lateritic clay. Flats.
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, 20-45 mm long, 1.5-1.7 mm wide, glabrous, terete; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 10-14 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles absent. Calyx 3.4-4 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribbed; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7-9 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6.5-8 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 5.5-6 mm long, not auriculate, keel 5-6.4 mm long, beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.4-0.5 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 5-6 mm long. Ovary sessile or subsessile; style 5.5-7.7 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 15-20 mm long, 8-10 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in June, July, August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Mallee and Esperance IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Recherche.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Esperance, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.