- Reference
- Victorian Naturalist 8:136 (1892)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Spreading herb. Fl. pink/purple, Oct. Upper edges of lake.
Scientific Description
Prostrate,spreading or scrambling, herb. Stems terete, not spiny, hairy; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, compound, alternate, continuous with stem, 20-45 mm long, hairy, with simple hairs, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, leaflets 5, pinnately arranged, terminal leaflet present, stalked; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Corolla multicoloured, mostly pink or purple, with some pink or purple spots, streaks or blotches. Stamens ten. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), stipitate, not constricted between the seeds, round in cross-section, not beaked. Flowers in October. Occurs in the Eremaean Botanical Province, in the Great Sandy Desert IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Great Sandy Desert.
- IBRA Subregions
- Mackay.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- East Pilbara.