- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 2:36-37 (1864)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect or ascending, spiny shrub, 0.2-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow & orange & red/brown, Jun to Nov. Sandy soils. Sandplains, sandhills, rocky hills, lateritic ridges, granite rocks.
Scientific Description
Erect, shrub, spindly shrub (broom-like). Stems terete, spiny at least in part, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, simple, whorled, not continuous with stem, 2.5-4 mm long, 0.8-1.2 mm wide, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with recurved margins; margins entire; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present but early deciduous ( only visible on youngest leaves ). Pedicel present, 1.5-2 mm long, hairy. Bracteoles present and persistent, 2-3 mm long, hairy, not striate. Calyx 7-8 mm long, not accrescent, hairy, with simple hairs, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 9-15 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red, orange or brown, with some yellow, red, orange or brown spots, streaks or blotches; claws absent; standard 8.2-12.5 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6.5-9.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 4-6.4 mm long, not 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), 3.5-4 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 4.2-5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in June, July, August, September, October and November. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Carnarvon, Murchison, Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Carnarvon, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Murchison, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
- IMCRA Regions
- Central West Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Armadale, Beverley, Boddington, Boyup Brook, Bridgetown-Greenbushes, Bruce Rock, Canning, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coorow, Corrigin, Dandaragan, Dumbleyung, Gingin, Gosnells, Greater Geraldton, Irwin, Kalamunda, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Kellerberrin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Meekatharra, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Mundaring, Murchison, Murray, Narrogin, Northam, Northampton, Nungarin, Perenjori, Ravensthorpe, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Shark Bay, Swan, Tammin, Three Springs, Upper Gascoyne, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, West Arthur, Wickepin, Williams, Wongan-Ballidu, Woodanilling, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.