- Reference
- Fl.Angl. 288 (1762)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Alien to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate or spreading annual, herb, to 1.2 m in diameter. Fl. yellow, Sep to Nov. Coastal areas, disturbed natural vegetation.







Scientific Description
Erect, herb. Stems not spiny, glabrous. Leaves or phylloclades compound, alternate, not continuous with stem, 20(-50) mm long, glabrous, flat with recurved margins; margins entire, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves, 5-6 mm long. Pedicel present, 0.5-0.6 mm long, glabrous. Calyx 3.5-4.5 mm long, glabrous. Corolla 7-7.5 mm long, uniformly coloured, yellow, glabrous, not auriculate, keel 3.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers NaN (?) mm long, NaN (?) mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 4.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle) or indehiscent and not splitting into sections, 6-7 mm long, 6-7 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in September, October and November. Occurs in the South-West Botanical Province, in the Warren and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Geraldton Sandplains, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Geraldton Hills, Perth, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Bayswater, Busselton, Denmark, Greater Geraldton, Manjimup, Swan.