- Reference
- J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 27:179-180 (1942)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect, dense shrub, to 2 m high. Fl. orange&yellow&red&purple, Aug to Oct. Sand or gravelly sand, sometimes with clay. Undulating plains, gravelly rises.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete or angular, spiny at least in part, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, opposite, continuous with stem, 10-30 mm long, 2-6.5 mm wide, glabrous, flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 2(-2.5) mm long, without glands, ribless. Pedicel present, 1-2.5 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present but early deciduous. Calyx 3-5 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7-9 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red, orange or brown, with some yellow, red, orange or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6.5-8 mm long, glabrous, auriculate, wings 5-6.5 mm long, auriculate, keel 5.6-6 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.6-0.7 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4-5.2 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 5.5-6 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in August, September and October. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt and Mallee IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Eastern Mallee, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Merredin, Southern Cross, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Morawa, Mount Marshall, Northampton, Tammin, Three Springs, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yilgarn.