- Reference
- Fl.Austral. 2:171 (1864)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Multi-stemmed, leafless shrub, 0.3-3.2 m high. Fl. yellow & purple/brown, May or Jul to Sep. Variety of soils.
Scientific Description
Erect. Stems terete, spiny at least in part, glabrous; pustules or glands absent. Leaves or phylloclades clearly present, alternate, continuous with stem, glabrous, flat with flat margins; margins entire; tubercles absent, 1-4; pustules or glands absent. Stipules present and persistent to older leaves. Pedicel present, 1.2-1.5 mm long, glabrous. Bracteoles present and persistent, 2-2.3 mm long, glabrous, not striate. Calyx 4-4.5 mm long, not accrescent, glabrous, ribless; pustules or glands absent. Corolla 7.5-9 mm long, multicoloured, yellow, mostly brown or purple, with some brown or purple spots, streaks or blotches; claws present; standard 7-8 mm long, glabrous, not auriculate, wings 6.5-7.2 mm long, auriculate, keel 5.5-6 mm long, not beaked, auriculate, glabrous. Stamens ten; anthers 0.2-0.3 mm long, at two different levels (filaments alternately long and short); filaments united in an open sheath, 4-5.5 mm long. Ovary stipitate, glabrous; style 5-5.5 mm long, glabrous, not bearded, terete. Fruit dehiscent (a pod or follicle), 9-15 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, sessile or subsessile, not constricted between the seeds, flat or compressed, glabrous, beaked. Flowers in May, July, August and September. Occurs in the Eremaean and South-West Botanical Province, in the Coolgardie, Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Esperance and Swan Coastal Plain IBRA regions.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain.
- IBRA Subregions
- Dandaragan Plateau, Katanning, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Beverley, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Corrigin, Dandaragan, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Goomalling, Kellerberrin, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Moora, Narrogin, Northam, Pingelly, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, West Arthur, Yilgarn, York.