- Reference
- Lehm., Pl.Preiss. [J.G.C.Lehmann] 2:213-214 (1848)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.25-0.8 m high. Fl. yellow/orange & red, Sep to Oct. Sandy soils.
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, alternate, continuous with stem, 3.5-7.5 mm long, 0.2-0.4 mm wide, glabrous, strongly recurved, appearing terete but with one or two grooves below; tubercles absent; pustules or glands absent. Stipules apparently absent even from the youngest leaves. Pedicel present, 1.6-2.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent. Calyx 4.6-7.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 8.6-11.5 mm long, multicoloured, mostly yellow, red or orange, with some yellow, red or orange spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 6-8 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6-9.5 mm long, not auriculate, keel 7.5-10.5 mm long, not beaked, not auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.5-0.6 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments free (or united at the very base), 4.5-6 mm long. Ovary stipitate, hairy or glandular; style 12.5-16 mm long, hairy or glandular towards the base, bearded (with a tuft of hairs at apex), terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 5.5-6 mm long, 4.5-5 mm wide, stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, glabrous, not beaked. Flowers in September and October. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Geraldton Sandplains, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Warren, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Fitzgerald, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Armadale, Augusta Margaret River, Busselton, Capel, Carnamah, Coorow, Cranbrook, Dandaragan, Denmark, Donnybrook-Balingup, Esperance, Gosnells, Harvey, Jerramungup, Kalamunda, Moora, Nannup, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Three Springs.