- Reference
- Fragm. 3:7 (1862)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Erect shrub, 0.3-1.5 m high. Fl. yellow-orange, Feb to May. Sand. Sandstone hills, rocky outcrops.
Scientific Description
Shrub, with hairy stems. Leaves 35-65 mm long, 10-15 mm wide, not lobed; margins entire; hairy, with stellate hairswith scales absent, Sessile glands absent; stipules present but early deciduous (only visible on youngest leaves). Fruits indehiscent and not splitting into sections (drupes), length-width ratio more or less as long as wide, hairs or scales present, simple hairs (without tubercle bases) absent, stellate hairs present, Sessile glands absent, tubercle-based simple hairs absent, gland-tipped hairs absent, scales absent; apex rounded; prickles absent (except perhaps a terminal awn); terminal awns or spines absent; calyx persistent to mature fruit, not accrescent. Flowering time February, March, April or May. Distribution Botanical Province Northern or Eremaean, IBRA Bioregion Great Sandy Desert, Tanami, Central Kimberley and Dampierland.
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Central Kimberley, Dampierland, Great Sandy Desert, Northern Kimberley, Ord Victoria Plain, Tanami.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzroy Trough, McLarty, Mitchell, Mount Eliza, Purnululu, South Kimberley Interzone, Tanami Desert.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Broome, Derby-West Kimberley, Halls Creek.